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CVE-2021-23215

Published: 8 June 2021

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR.

Notes

AuthorNote
litios
Patch was also released in v2.5.5

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
openexr
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

xenial
Released (2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal
Released (2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
upstream
Released (2.5.7-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/901/commits/c3e45956dd111482671fb8d88b40022248f783f7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H