Out-of-bounds read in OpenEXR - CVE-2017-9116
Published: August 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20320
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9116
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenEXR
Affected software:
OpenEXR
OpenEXR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the uncompress function in ImfZip.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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9116
Install updates from vendor's website.