CVE-2023-50245 (GCVE-0-2023-50245)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-11 22:39 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OpenEXR-viewer memory overflow vulnerability
Summary
OpenEXR-viewer is a viewer for OpenEXR files with detailed metadata probing. Versions prior to 0.6.1 have a memory overflow vulnerability. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.1.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/afichet/openexr-viewer/securit… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/afichet/openexr-viewer/commit/… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| afichet | openexr-viewer |
Affected:
< 0.6.1
|
guessed |
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