Medium severity · published Dec 9, 2020
CVE-2020-16587
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in chunkOffsetReconstruction in ImfMultiPartInputFile.cpp that can cause a denial of…
5.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in chunkOffsetReconstruction in ImfMultiPartInputFile.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openexr · Openexr
2.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16587
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16587
Patch
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/8b5370c688a7362673c3a5256d93695617a4cd9a
Exploit
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/issues/491
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
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