CVE-2009-1721

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1721
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-31 19:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-824 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 11 All All All
Application Openexr Openexr 1.2.2 All All All
Application Openexr Openexr 1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-218A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian update for openexr - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: OpenEXR-1.6.1-8.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: OpenEXR-1.6.1-8.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.debian.org Broken Link, Patch
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:190 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1842-1 openexr af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 release.debian.org Broken Link, Patch
Security Advisory SA36753 - Ubuntu update for openexr - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:191 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List
APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 Security Update 2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
Mac OS X Multiple Image and File Processing Bugs Permit Remote Code Execution - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OpenEXR Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-831-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.debian.org Broken Link, Patch
Fedora update for OpenEXR - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
About the security content of Security Update 2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
OpenEXR Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
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