CVE-2021-3478
OpenEXR Memory Consumption DoS Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 31, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 13, 2022, 1:57 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-3478.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939160 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27 | Third Party Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-3478 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-3478 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 12, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html [No Types Assigned] -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Oct. 27, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE NIST CWE-770 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 26, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 11, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 03, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned] -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
May. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409 Third Party Advisory https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.5 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.4.3 *cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.5.0 up to (excluding) 2.5.4 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 05, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=27409 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939160 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939160 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.5
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-3478 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-3478
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.01%
score
0.36820
percentile