CVE-2021-3478

Publication date 31 March 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

There’s a flaw in OpenEXR’s scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openexr	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 2.5.3-2ubuntu0.2
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.6
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openexr	Upstream: bc88cdb

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
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

CVE-2021-3478

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Status

Patch details

Severity score breakdown

References

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