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    CVE-2021-45942

    OpenEXR 3.1.x before 3.1.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Imf_3_1::LineCompositeTask::execute (called from IlmThread_3_1::NullThreadPoolProvider::addTask and IlmThread_3_1::ThreadPool::addGlobalTask). NOTE: db217f2 may be inapplicable.

    Published:Dec 31, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Dec 31, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00155
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Openexr
    Product
    Openexr

    Exploits

    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=41416https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/1209https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=41416https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/1209

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=41416
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/v3.1.4/CHANGES.md#version-314-january-26-2022
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/11cad77da87c4fa2aab7d58dd5339e254db7937e
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/db217f29dfb24f6b4b5100c24ac5e7490e1c57d0
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/1209
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.1.4
    https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/openexr/OSV-2021-1627.yaml
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6TEZDE2S2DB4BF4LZSSV4W3DNW7DSRHJ/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJ5PW4WNXBKCRFGDZGAQOSVH2BKZKL4X/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJUK7WIQV5EKWTCZBRXFN6INHG6MLS5O/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31
    https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299
    https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=41416
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/v3.1.4/CHANGES.md#version-314-january-26-2022
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/11cad77da87c4fa2aab7d58dd5339e254db7937e
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/db217f29dfb24f6b4b5100c24ac5e7490e1c57d0
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/1209
    https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.1.4
    https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/openexr/OSV-2021-1627.yaml
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6TEZDE2S2DB4BF4LZSSV4W3DNW7DSRHJ/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJ5PW4WNXBKCRFGDZGAQOSVH2BKZKL4X/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJUK7WIQV5EKWTCZBRXFN6INHG6MLS5O/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31
    https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299

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