Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2021
CVE-2021-3605
There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5
5.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openexr · Openexr
before 3.0.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3605
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3605
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970991
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31
Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299
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