CVE-2021-3605

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3605
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-25 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:38:00 UTC
DescriptionThere's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Application Openexr Openexr All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3236-1] openexr security update MLIST lists.debian.org
OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-31) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5299-1 openexr DEBIAN www.debian.org
1970991 – (CVE-2021-3605) CVE-2021-3605 OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in the rleUncompress function MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178742 Debian Security Update for openexr (DLA 2732-1)
  • 181314 Debian Security Update for openexr (DSA 5299-1)
  • 181315 Debian Security Update for openexr (DLA 3236-1)
  • 183170 Debian Security Update for openexr (CVE-2021-3605)
  • 198414 Ubuntu Security Notification for OpenEXR vulnerabilities (USN-4996-1)
  • 281651 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-25fe4291c9)
  • 281652 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2021-3d770d7179)
  • 355396 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for OpenEXR : ALAS2-2023-2078
  • 671586 EulerOS Security Update for OpenEXR (EulerOS-SA-2022-1544)
  • 671654 EulerOS Security Update for OpenEXR (EulerOS-SA-2022-1750)
  • 672178 EulerOS Security Update for openexr (EulerOS-SA-2022-2475)
  • 710663 Gentoo Linux OpenEXR Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-31)
  • 750710 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openexr (SUSE-SU-2021:2158-1)
  • 750712 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openexr (SUSE-SU-2021:2159-1)
  • 750727 OpenSUSE Security Update for openexr (openSUSE-SU-2021:0925-1)
  • 750758 OpenSUSE Security Update for openexr (openSUSE-SU-2021:2158-1)
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