CVE-2021-20298 (GCVE-0-2021-20298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:37
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Summary
A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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  • CWE-400 - - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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n/a OpenEXR Affected: Fixed in OpenEXR 3.0.0-beta
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