Openexr
CVE-2021-20296
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. A crafted input file supplied by an attacker, that is processed by the Dwa decompression functionality of OpenEXR's IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. Affected products include: Openexr, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: before 3.0.0.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. A crafted input file supplied by an attacker, that is processed by the Dwa decompression functionality of OpenEXR's IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
makeMultiView.cpp in exrmultiview in OpenEXR 2.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write, leading to an assertion failure or possib
Out-of-bounds heap write in OpenEXR's CompositeDeepScanLine::readPixels lets a crafted multi-part deep-scanline EXR file
In OpenEXR 2.2.0, a crafted image causes a heap-based buffer over-read in the hufDecode function in IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp du
OpenEXR versions 3.3.0-3.3.6 and 3.4.0-3.4.4 are vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in file parsing due to improper in
There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. Rated medium severity (CV
A head-based buffer overflow exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in writeTileData in ImfTiledOutputFile.
A Null Pointer Deference issue exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in generatePreview in makePreview.cpp
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in chunkOffsetReconstruct
An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authenticati
An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authenticati
An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authenticati
An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authenticati
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