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Unscored CVE-2021-23169 EUVD-2021-10279GHSA-f3pg-chcp-5ff8

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw t…

Published Jun 8, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— OpenEXR OpenEXR 3.0.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openexr 2.5.4-2 —
Debian 13 openexr 2.5.4-2 —
Debian 12 openexr 2.5.4-2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS openexr No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 openexr 3.1.1-r0 —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 OpenEXR No fix yet —

References