CVE-2021-20303
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw found in function dataWindowForTile() of IlmImf/ImfTiledMisc.cpp. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger an integer overflow, leading to an out-of-bounds write on the heap. The greatest impact of this flaw is to application availability, with some potential impact to data integrity as well.
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affected products (12)
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references (20)
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- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25505cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939151cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-20303/cnnvd
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/831cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlcnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/openexrPatchcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenEXR-four-vulnerabilities-36051cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.2638cnnvd
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