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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openexr package, versions <2.5.4-2+deb11u1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (43rd percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
6.6 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-OPENEXR-2329539
  • published 4 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 1 Jan 2022
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Introduced: 1 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-45942 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 openexr to version 2.5.4-2+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr package and not the openexr package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenEXR 3.1.x before 3.1.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Imf_3_1::LineCompositeTask::execute (called from IlmThread_3_1::NullThreadPoolProvider::addTask and IlmThread_3_1::ThreadPool::addGlobalTask). NOTE: db217f2 may be inapplicable.

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