CVE-2021-23215
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 8, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:38 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraOpenexr
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR.
Affected
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947586Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-190
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