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CVE-2021-3479

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Date: March 30, 2021

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability. After conducting further research, Mend has determined that all versions of OpenEXR up to version v2.5.4 are vulnerable to CVE-2021-3479.

Language: C

Severity Score

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770

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Upgrade to version openexr - 2.4.3;openexr - 2.5.4

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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