vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2021-3598)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 6, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 6, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A heap-buffer overflow was found in the readChars function of OpenEXR before version 3.0.5. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2021-3598
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-3598
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1970987
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-26904
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202107-14
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299
- CWE-119
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-26904
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