Bug 1500351 (CVE-2017-14988) - CVE-2017-14988 OpenEXR: Excessive memory allocation in Header::readfrom
Summary: CVE-2017-14988 OpenEXR: Excessive memory allocation in Header::readfrom
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-14988
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1483881 1483882 1910636
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-10-10 12:38 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2022-04-17 20:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:28:31 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-10 12:38:29 UTC
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.

Upstream issue:

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

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-10 12:39:03 UTC
Created OpenEXR tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1483882]


Created mingw-OpenEXR tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1483881]


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