#VU70427 Integer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2021-3933
Published: December 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70427
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3933
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenEXR
OpenEXR
Software vendor:
OpenEXR
OpenEXR
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when processing files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability affects software installation on 32-bit systems.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2019783
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I2JSMJ7HLWFPYYV7IAQZD5ZUUUN7RWBN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html