633418 – (CVE-2017-14988) media-libs/openexr: denial of service via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function

Bug 633418 (CVE-2017-14988) - media-libs/openexr: denial of service via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function

Summary: media-libs/openexr: denial of service via a crafted file that is accessed wit...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	CVE-2017-14988

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://github.com/openexr/openexr/is...
Whiteboard:	B3 [upstream cve]
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Reported:	2017-10-04 00:14 UTC by Aleksandr Wagner (Kivak)
Modified:	2019-03-26 22:47 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/9729
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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