5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-3478

Published: 31/03/2021 Updated: 13/12/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions prior to 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

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Debian Bug report logs - #986796 CVE-2021-20296 CVE-2021-3474 CVE-2021-3475 CVE-2021-3476 CVE-2021-3477 CVE-2021-3478 CVE-2021-3479 Package: openexr; Maintainer for openexr is Debian PhotoTools Maintainers <pkg-phototools-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Source for openexr is src:openexr (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Mor ...
There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 254 An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory ...