CVE-2021-20299

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    CVE-2021-20299

    Published: 16 Mar 2022Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    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: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25740, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939154, https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/25e9515b06a6bc293d871622b8cafaee7af84e0f

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1899a456cbafb213c4a53c35eb3203296f92e503

    Affected versions

    v2.5.3
    v2.5.2
    v2.5.1
    v2.5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High