5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-3479
OpenEXR Memory Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability.

INFO

Published Date :

March 31, 2021, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-3479 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Openexr openexr
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-2021-3479.

URL Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25370 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149 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
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25370 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149 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

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-3479 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-3479 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25370
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27
  • 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
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-400
    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=25370 Third Party Advisory https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25370 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=25370 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=25370 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939149 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.5
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-3479 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.01%

score

0.42551

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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