CVE-2021-20298

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400 CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 23, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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