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CVE-2021-3477

Publication date 31 March 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's deep tile sample size calculations in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger an integer overflow, subsequently leading to an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk of this flaw is to application availability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openexr 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Fixed 2.5.3-2ubuntu0.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.6
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
openexr

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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