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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20296

A 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 fu...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A 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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 openexr

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.4-1"}]}]

Debian:13 openexr

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.4-1"}]}]

Debian:14 openexr

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.5.4-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org