UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23169

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23169
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23169.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23169
Upstream
Published
2021-06-08T12:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:46:39Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr@2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.1-4.1ubuntu1
2.3.0-6
2.3.0-6build1
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.2
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.3
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1