CVE-2021-3478
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.36%
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-3478
To remediate CVE-2021-3478, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openexr—upgrade to 2.5.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2021-3478 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |