CVE-2021-20296

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-20296
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-01 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-13 01:56:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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 OpenEXR's IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aswf Openexr All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Openexr Openexr All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenEXR: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-27) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3236-1] openexr security update MLIST lists.debian.org
24854 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2701-1] openexr security update MLIST lists.debian.org
1939141 – (CVE-2021-20296) CVE-2021-20296 OpenEXR: Segv on unknown address in Imf_2_5::hufUncompress - Null Pointer dereference MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174984 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openexr (SUSE-SU-2021:1489-1)
  • 178693 Debian Security Update for openexr (DLA 2701-1)
  • 180132 Debian Security Update for openexr (CVE-2021-20296)
  • 181315 Debian Security Update for openexr (DLA 3236-1)
  • 198414 Ubuntu Security Notification for OpenEXR vulnerabilities (USN-4996-1)
  • 502133 Alpine Linux Security Update for openexr
  • 672178 EulerOS Security Update for openexr (EulerOS-SA-2022-2475)
  • 690438 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for openexr, ilmbase (98044aba-6d72-11eb-aed7-1b1b8a70cc8b)
  • 710048 Gentoo Linux OpenEXR Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-27)
  • 750230 OpenSUSE Security Update for openexr (openSUSE-SU-2021:0670-1)
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