#VU51933 Resource exhaustion in OpenEXR - CVE-2021-3478

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#VU51933 Resource exhaustion in OpenEXR - CVE-2021-3478

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51933
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-2021-3478
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in the scanline input file functionality. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted file, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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