CVE-2021-20298

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20298
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20298.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20298
Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
OESA (2)
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (3)
Published
2022-08-23T16:15:09Z
Modified
2026-08-27T08:14:26Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's B44Compressor. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR, to exhaust all memory accessible to the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "10.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git
github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
8bc3741131db146ad08a5b83af9e6e48f0e94a03
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "2.5.7"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

Other
OPENEXR_1_0_4
v1.*
v1.7.1
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0.GM
v2.0.1
v2.1.0
v2.3.0
v2.4.0
v2.4.0-beta.1
v2.5.0
v2.5.1
v2.5.2
v2.5.3
v2.5.4
v2.5.5
v2.5.6
v2.5.7
v2.5.7-rc1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20298.json"
github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
8bc3741131db146ad08a5b83af9e6e48f0e94a03
Fixed
85fd638ae0d5fa132434f4cbf32590261c1dba97
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "2.5.7"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
OPENEXR_1_0_4
v1.*
v1.7.1
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0.GM
v2.0.1
v2.1.0
v2.3.0
v2.4.0
v2.4.0-beta.1
v2.5.0
v2.5.1
v2.5.2
v2.5.3
v2.5.4
v2.5.5
v2.5.6
v2.5.7
v2.5.7-rc1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20298.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "line_hashes":  [
                "337182622941885860691948893909499588135",
                "323662791025237067706865570695215691721",
                "262227886135352975191095936665666742560",
                "102441096919337918920502902234704070284"
            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2021-20298-7d322475",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr/commit/85fd638ae0d5fa132434f4cbf32590261c1dba97",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "OpenEXR/IlmImf/ImfB44Compressor.cpp"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "73840588326705174605545363839552404531",
            "length":  1483
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2021-20298-a5a84c0a",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/academysoftwarefoundation/openexr/commit/85fd638ae0d5fa132434f4cbf32590261c1dba97",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "OpenEXR/IlmImf/ImfB44Compressor.cpp",
            "function":  "B44Compressor::B44Compressor"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-27T08:14:26Z"