CVE-2023-5841 (GCVE-0-2023-5841)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-01 18:28 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:10
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Summary
Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
AHA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.2.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 3.2.2
Unaffected: 3.1.12
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Credits
zenofex WanderingGlitch Austin Hackers Anonymous!
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