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Ubuntu: USN-4676-1 (CVE-2020-16589): OpenEXR vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Dec 9, 2020

Added

Jan 6, 2021

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A head-based buffer overflow exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in writeTileData in ImfTiledOutputFile.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-libopenexr22ubuntu-upgrade-libopenexr24ubuntu-upgrade-openexr

References

CVE-2020-16589
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-16589
CWE-787
EUVD-EUVD-2020-8550
NVD-CVE-2020-16589
UBUNTU-USN-4676-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-8550

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