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CVE-2021-20299 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2021-20299

HIGH7.5

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's Multipart input file functionality

Published Mar 16, 2022

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's Multipart input file functionality. A crafted multi-part input file with no actual parts can trigger a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References

WEBhttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25740 WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939154 WEBhttps://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/25e9515b06a6bc293d871622b8cafaee7af84e0f WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20299

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Memory Safety

NULL Pointer Dereference

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMar 16, 2022

ModifiedAug 3, 2024