CVE-2021-20304

Summary

CVECVE-2021-20304
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-23 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-07 02:23:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in OpenEXR's hufDecode functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can pass a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to trigger an undefined right shift error. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openexr Openexr All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
check for valid Huf code lengths by peterhillman · Pull Request #849 · AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr · GitHub MISC github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
1939157 – (CVE-2021-20304) CVE-2021-20304 OpenEXR: Undefined-shift in Imf_2_5::hufDecode MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-31) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
26229 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
check for valid Huf code lengths (#849) · AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr@51a92d6 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179825 Debian Security Update for openexr (CVE-2021-20304)
  • 355396 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for OpenEXR : ALAS2-2023-2078
  • 670719 EulerOS Security Update for OpenEXR (EulerOS-SA-2021-2477)
  • 670756 EulerOS Security Update for OpenEXR (EulerOS-SA-2021-2514)
  • 671138 EulerOS Security Update for OpenEXR (EulerOS-SA-2021-2600)
  • 710663 Gentoo Linux OpenEXR Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-31)
  • 750987 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openexr (SUSE-SU-2021:2793-1)
  • 751018 OpenSUSE Security Update for openexr (openSUSE-SU-2021:2793-1)
  • 751042 OpenSUSE Security Update for openexr (openSUSE-SU-2021:1198-1)
  • 751072 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openexr (SUSE-SU-2021:2913-1)
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