vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-20298: OpenEXR: Out-of-memory in B44Compressor
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 23, 2022 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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