CVE-2009-1721 Information

Description

The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00000.html http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/openexr_1.6.1-32Blenny3.debdiff http://secunia.com/advisories/36030 http://secunia.com/advisories/36032 http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 http://secunia.com/advisories/36123 http://secunia.com/advisories/36753 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.2.2-4.3+etch2.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.6.1-3+lenny3.diff.gz http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1842 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:190 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:191 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35838 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-831-1 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2035 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01286.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01290.html