CVE-2021-20302
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 4, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenexr
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
A flaw was found in OpenEXR's TiledInputFile functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted single-part non-image to be processed by OpenEXR, to trigger a floating-point exception error. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25894Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939161PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/842Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo
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