Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-3478

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

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Affected products

Openexr/Openexrv53 versions
OpenEXR 3.0.0-beta+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: OpenEXR 3.0.0-beta
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.0-beta
- cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.4.3
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27nvdThird Party Advisory

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