Vulnerability · Published Jun 8, 2021 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2021-26945
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 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.7% 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 OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | openexr | 3.1.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Debian:12 | openexr | 3.1.5-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Debian:13 | openexr | 3.1.5-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Debian:14 | openexr | 3.1.5-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | openexr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26945 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | openexr | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-26945 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947591 x_refsource_MISC