CVE-2021-23169

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-23169
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-08 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:30:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Openexr Openexr All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mingw-openexr-2.5.5-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mingw-openexr-2.5.5-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-OpenEXR-2.4.1-4.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
1947612 – (CVE-2021-23169) CVE-2021-23169 OpenEXR: Heap-buffer-overflow in Imf_2_5::copyIntoFrameBuffer MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-31) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mingw-OpenEXR-2.4.1-4.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179744 Debian Security Update for openexr (CVE-2021-23169)
  • 281212 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-6af32bfcd2)
  • 281213 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-c194de7719)
  • 502134 Alpine Linux Security Update for openexr
  • 710663 Gentoo Linux OpenEXR Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-31)
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