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Ubuntu: USN-4676-1 (CVE-2020-16589): OpenEXR vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4676-1 (CVE-2020-16589): OpenEXR vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/09/2020
Created
01/08/2021
Added
01/06/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A head-based buffer overflow exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in writeTileData in ImfTiledOutputFile.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenexr22
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libopenexr24
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openexr

References

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