CVE-2021-3479

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact 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=1939149	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25370	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 17:56

NVD link : CVE-2021-3479

Mitre link : CVE-2021-3479

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

openexr

openexr

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