Bug 633418 (CVE-2017-14988)

Summary:	media-libs/openexr: denial of service via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Aleksandr Wagner (Kivak) <alwag>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor	CC:	media-video
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/248
See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/9729
Whiteboard:	B3 [upstream cve]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Aleksandr Wagner (Kivak) 2017-10-04 00:14:45 UTC

CVE-2017-14988 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14988):

Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp.

References:

https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/248