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Vulnerability · Published Dec 31, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-45942

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the openexr package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OpenEXR 3.1.x before 3.1.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Imf_3_1::LineCompositeTask::execute (called from IlmThread_3_1::NullThreadPoolProvider::addTask and IlmThread_3_1::ThreadPool::addGlobalTask). NOTE: db217f2 may be inapplicable.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20openexr3.1.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-45942
Alpine:v3.21openexr3.1.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-45942
Alpine:v3.22openexr3.1.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-45942
Alpine:v3.23openexr3.1.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-45942
Alpine:v3.24openexr3.1.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-45942
Debian:12openexr3.1.5-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45942
Debian:13openexr3.1.5-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45942
Debian:14openexr3.1.5-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45942
Ubuntu:25.10openexrno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-45942
Ubuntu:26.10openexrno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-45942

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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References