CVE-2021-26260 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-26260?

CVE-2021-26260 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2021-26260?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Openexr Openexr, Fedoraproject Fedora, Debian Debian Linux.

Vulnerability Description

An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR. This is a different flaw from CVE-2021-23215.

CVSS Score

5.5

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Openexr	Openexr	< 3.0.1
Fedoraproject	Fedora	33
Debian	Debian Linux	9.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190 CWE-400

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947582Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947582Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299Third Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2021-26260?

CVE-2021-26260 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR....

How severe is CVE-2021-26260?

CVE-2021-26260 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2021-26260?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Openexr Openexr, Fedoraproject Fedora, Debian Debian Linux.