CVE-2021-3479: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

March 31, 2021 (updated December 13, 2022)

There’s a flaw in OpenEXR’s Scanline API functionality . 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.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3479

Code Behaviors & Features

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