CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2021-20296 — A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta
A flaw was found in OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.0-beta. A crafted input file supplied by an attacker, that is processed by the Dwa decompression functionality of OpenEXR's IlmImf library, could cause a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Published
- 2021-04-01
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Affected products
- openexr / openexr
- debian / debian_linux / 9.0
- debian / debian_linux / 10.0
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Matched remediation archetype
Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption
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Check exposure
- Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
- Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
- Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.
Remediate safely
- Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
- Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
- Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.
Authoritative sources
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