CVE-2021-20298
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.54%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 74
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-400
- CWE-787
Referencias
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20298
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25913
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939156
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/85fd638ae0d5fa132434f4cbf32590261c1dba97
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/843
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20298
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25913
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939156
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/85fd638ae0d5fa132434f4cbf32590261c1dba97
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/843
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
JSON original (NVD)
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