| Name | CVE-2021-3479 |
| Description | There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2701-1, DLA-3236-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 986796 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openexr (PTS) | buster | 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.5.4-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.1.5-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.1.5-5.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25370
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d80f11f4f55100d007ae80a162bf257ec291612c
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/830