vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3605: OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 25, 2021
Added
Oct 31, 2022
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-openexr
Title
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