Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-3605

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's rleUncompress functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability.

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Affected products

Openexr/Openexr3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.0.5
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.5
- (no CPE)range: OpenEXR 3.0.5
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords35 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/openexr&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/openexr&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/openexr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/OpenEXR&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/OpenEXR&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208 pkg:rpm/suse/openexr&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 2.2.1-lp152.7.17.1+ 34 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-lp152.7.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.1-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.1-83.17.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.1-83.17.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.1-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-6.34.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5299nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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