CVE-2021-20300 Information

Description

A flaw was found in OpenEXR’s hufUncompress functionality in OpenEXR/IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file that is processed by OpenEXR to trigger an integer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25562 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939153 https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/836

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5