vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3478: OpenEXR: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 31, 2021
Added
Jul 12, 2021
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-openexr
Title
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