CVE-2021-20296

Description

A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. A crafted input file supplied by an attacker, that is processed by the Dwa decompression functionality of OpenEXRs IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.014

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
tools for the OpenEXR image format (USN-4996-1) openexr_2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7_i386.deb	Linux
tools for the OpenEXR image format (USN-4996-1) openexr_2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7_amd64.deb	Linux
tools for the OpenEXR image format (USN-4996-1) libopenexr22_2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7_i386.deb	Linux
tools for the OpenEXR image format (USN-4996-1) libopenexr22_2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234