High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-23169

Description

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.

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Affected products

Openexr/Openexr3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.0.1
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.1
- (no CPE)range: OpenEXR 3.0.1
Fedoraproject/Fedora2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KYNJSMVA6YJY5NMKDZ5SAISKZG2KCKC/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BXFLD4ZAXKAIWO6ZPBCQEEDZB5IG676K/nvd

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