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CVE-2021-20304 (GCVE-0-2021-20304)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:37
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in OpenEXR's hufDecode functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can pass a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to trigger an undefined right shift error. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-190 - - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a OpenEXR Affected: Fixed in OpenEXR 3.0.0-beta
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