CVE-2021-20299

HIGH

OpenEXR - Denial of Service via Multipart Input File NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's Multipart input file functionality. A crafted multi-part input file with no actual parts can trigger a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0183
EPSS Percentile 76.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
openexr/openexr < 2.5.4
Published Mar 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026