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Debian: CVE-2021-26260: openexr -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-26260: openexr -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/08/2021
Created
07/06/2021
Added
07/05/2021
Modified
12/12/2022

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. This is a different flaw from CVE-2021-23215.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-openexr

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