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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3478
There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw 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