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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-1721

CVE-2009-1721

Description

The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Affected products

13
  • Openexr/Openexr2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <10.5.8
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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