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CVE-2021-20300

Published: 4 March 2022

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's hufUncompress functionality in OpenEXR/IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file that is processed by OpenEXR, to trigger an integer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
openexr
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.5.4-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.5.4-2)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.5.7-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.5.4-1)
xenial Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/ed560b8a932c78d5e8e5990ce36fe7808b35d9f0
upstream: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/4212416433a230334cef0ac122cb8d722746035d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H