CVE-2021-23169

OpenEXR: Heap-buffer-overflow in Imf_2_5::copyIntoFrameBuffer

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 17, 2021

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write