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FKIE_CVE-2017-12596

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-07 01:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:03
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In OpenEXR 2.2.0, a crafted image causes a heap-based buffer over-read in the hufDecode function in IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp during exrmaketiled execution; it may result in denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/238Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/openexr/openexr/releases/tag/v2.3.0
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/openexr.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00056.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4148-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/238Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/openexr/openexr/releases/tag/v2.3.0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/openexr.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00056.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4148-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openexr openexr 2.2.0
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