Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-23169

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application compiled against OpenEXR.

  • Published: Jun 8, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-23169
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
openexr / openexr - 3.0.1
fedoraproject / fedora 33 33.x
fedoraproject / fedora 34 34.x