CVE-2021-20304
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A flaw was found in OpenEXR's hufDecode functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can pass a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to trigger an undefined right shift error. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (2)
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references (24)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20304cnnvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26229cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939157cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-20304/cnnvd
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/51a92d67f53c08230734e74564c807043cbfe41ecnnvd
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/849cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169606/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202210-31.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31cnnvd
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