CVE-2021-3478

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    CVE-2021-3478

    Published: 31 Mar 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939160

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7bab6d44caf65ee3cabe31553f8e2968c8747be5

    Affected versions

    v2.4.2
    v2.4.1
    v2.4.0
    v2.4.0-beta.1

    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
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