CVE-2021-20298

2022-08-2300:00:00

CWE-400

redhat

www.cve.org

openexr

b44compressor

vulnerability

memory exhaustion

AI Score

7.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

61.9%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "OpenEXR",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Fixed in OpenEXR 3.0.0-beta",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]