Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2020-16589

Vulnerability identifier: #VU51177

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16589

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in writeTileData in ImfTiledOutputFile.cpp. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted EXR file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

OpenEXR
Ubuntu
openexr (Ubuntu package)
libopenexr22 (Ubuntu package)
libopenexr24 (Ubuntu package)
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

Install updates from vendor's website.

OpenEXR - update to 2.4.0
openexr (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.4, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.4, 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.3
libopenexr22 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.4, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.4
libopenexr24 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.3
Isolation Segment - addressed in versions 2.7.30, 2.8.24, 2.9.18, 2.10.10
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs - addressed in versions 2.7.31, 2.8.25, 2.9.19, 2.10.11

• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/6bb36714528a9563dd3b92720c5063a1284b86f8
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/issues/494

• Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenEXR
• Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs and Isolation Segment
• Ubuntu update for openexr