UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23169

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23169

    Published: 8 Jun 2021Last Modified: 8 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-23169

    Summary:

    Details: A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23169, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23169

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openexr

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.1-4.1ubuntu1

    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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