VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3478

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.96%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-03-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-400
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references