Division by zero in OpenEXR - CVE-2021-3941
Published: November 18, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58233
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-2021-3941
CWE-ID: CWE-369
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero issue in Imf_3_1::RGBtoXYZ. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger division by zero and crash the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-3941
Install updates from vendor's website.