Integer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2021-26945
Published: June 27, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54400
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26945
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in OpenEXR. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
OpenEXR
How to mitigate CVE-2021-26945
Install updates from vendor's website.
OpenEXR - update to 3.0.1