CVE-2021-3605
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
There'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.
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affected products (13)
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references (22)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970991cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163233/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4996-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169606/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202210-31.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170189/Debian-Security-Advisory-5299-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31cnnvd
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3605Patchcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenEXR-buffer-overflow-via-rleUncompress-35737cnnvd
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