Academy OpenEXR up to 3.2.1 Image Parser Library heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Academy OpenEXR up to 3.2.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Image Parser Library. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-5841. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Academy OpenEXR up to 3.2.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Image Parser Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

The weakness was shared 02/01/2024 by Zenofex. It is possible to read the advisory at takeonme.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5841 since 10/29/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210358 (RHEL 9 : openexr (RHSA-2024:8800)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210358). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 210358
Nessus Name: RHEL 9 : openexr (RHSA-2024:8800)

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Timelineinfo

10/29/2023 🔍
02/01/2024 +95 days 🔍
02/01/2024 +0 days 🔍
11/06/2024 +279 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: takeonme.org
Researcher: Zenofex
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-5841 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5841
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-252599

Entryinfo

Created: 02/01/2024 22:20
Updated: 11/06/2024 02:12
Changes: 02/01/2024 22:20 (39), 02/24/2024 10:32 (11), 11/06/2024 02:12 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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