Out-of-bounds read in OpenEXR - CVE-2017-9114

 

Out-of-bounds read in OpenEXR - CVE-2017-9114

Published: August 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20318
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 1.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9114
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the refill function in ImfFastHuf.cpp. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

OpenEXR
openexr (Debian package)
mingw-openexr
OpenEXR
OpenEXR-devel
OpenEXR-debuginfo
OpenEXR-libs
OpenEXR-debugsource
Slackware Linux
openEuler
Fedora

How to mitigate CVE-2017-9114

Install updates from vendor's website.

OpenEXR - update to 2.3.0
openexr (Debian package) - update to 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u1
mingw-openexr - addressed in versions 2.2.0-6.fc26, 2.2.0-7.fc27
OpenEXR - update to 2.2.0-18
OpenEXR-devel - update to 2.2.0-18
OpenEXR-debuginfo - update to 2.2.0-18
OpenEXR-libs - update to 2.2.0-18
OpenEXR-debugsource - update to 2.2.0-18

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