CVE-2021-3478

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939160	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2021-03-31 07:15

Updated : 2022-12-12 17:57

NVD link : CVE-2021-3478

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3478

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

openexr

openexr

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