Input validation error in OpenEXR - CVE-2017-9110

 

Input validation error in OpenEXR - CVE-2017-9110

Published: August 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20314
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9110
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenEXR
Affected software:
OpenEXR

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in hufDecode function in ImfHuf.cpp. A remote attacker can perform denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-9110

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources