CVE-2021-20296

moderate-risk
Published 2021-04-01

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Debian Openexr

References (10)

Issue Tracking https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=24854
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939141
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27
Issue Tracking https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=24854
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939141
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27
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moderate-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low