CVE-2020-16588

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16588
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16588.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-16588
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-12-09T21:15:14.913Z
Modified
2026-04-16T00:00:57.704184853Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A Null Pointer Deference issue exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in generatePreview in makePreview.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git
github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
0ac2ea34c8f3134148a5df4052e40f155b76f6fb
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.3.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
OPENEXR_1_0_4
v1.*
v1.7.1
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0.GM
v2.0.1
v2.1.0
v2.3.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16588.json"
github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
74504503cff86e986bac441213c403b0ba28d58f
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

Other
OPENEXR_1_0_4
v1.*
v1.7.1
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0.GM
v2.0.1
v2.1.0
v2.3.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16588.json"
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-04-11T20:33:26Z"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "207297880412268657017143986327863672035",
            "length": 1268.0
        },
        "target": {
            "file": "OpenEXR/exrmakepreview/makePreview.cpp",
            "function": "generatePreview"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr/commit/74504503cff86e986bac441213c403b0ba28d58f",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "id": "CVE-2020-16588-421f3b2d"
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "70351851170983403964656738862852043407",
                "4291375085864810308672790455693151707",
                "7238971007744912712487349499263763413",
                "334795955205350761214040432761619524737",
                "306323290327291876844197157519246707579"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "target": {
            "file": "OpenEXR/exrmakepreview/makePreview.cpp"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr/commit/74504503cff86e986bac441213c403b0ba28d58f",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "id": "CVE-2020-16588-a4735109"
    }
]