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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-20296: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-20296: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/01/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. A crafted input file supplied by an attacker, that is processed by the Dwa decompression functionality of OpenEXR's IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-openexr

References

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