CVE-2021-3478

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CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p59

Published

Mar 31, 2021 (Mar 31, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

Vendors: openexr debian
Products: openexr, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-770
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.0%)

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