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Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-20299): openexr vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Mar 16, 2022

Added

Jun 26, 2025

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's Multipart input file functionality. A crafted multi-part input file with no actual parts can trigger a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package

References

CVE-2021-20299
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-20299
CWE-476
EUVD-EUVD-2021-7724
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-7724
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/840
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20299

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