#VU51932 Out-of-bounds read in OpenEXR - CVE-2021-3477

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#VU51932 Out-of-bounds read in OpenEXR - CVE-2021-3477

Published: April 6, 2021 / Updated: May 18, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51932
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-2021-3477
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenEXR
Software vendor:
OpenEXR

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the deep tile sample size calculations. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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