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CVE-2021-3478

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2021-03-31 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxOpenexr Openexr

Weakness Type

CWE-400, CWE-770

References