CVE-2021-3598

Publication date 15 June 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openexr	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
openexr	Upstream: 566f524

Severity score breakdown

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4996-1
OpenEXR vulnerabilities
22 June 2021

USN-4996-2
OpenEXR vulnerabilities
22 June 2021

USN-5620-1
OpenEXR vulnerabilities
20 September 2022