Vulnerability · Published Jun 8, 2021 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-26260
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in OpenEXR. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 35.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR. This is a different flaw from CVE-2021-23215.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26260 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26260 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26260 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26260 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26260 |
| Debian:12 | openexr | 2.5.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26260 |
| Debian:13 | openexr | 2.5.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26260 |
| Debian:14 | openexr | 2.5.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26260 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400