CVE catalog
CVE-2021-23215
openexr: CVE-2021-23215
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.10% · Oct 25, 2026
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | openexr | sid | 3.4.16+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | openexr | forky | 3.4.16+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | openexr | trixie | 3.1.13-2 | fixed |
| Debian | openexr | bookworm | 3.1.5-5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.3.0-6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.3.0-6build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | pro | 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openexr | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | openexr | source | sid | 2.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openexr | source | forky | 2.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openexr | source | trixie | 2.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openexr | source | bookworm | 2.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | openexr | deb | pro | 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23215 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | openexr | deb | 18.04 | 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23215 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libopenexr-3-1-30]Fixed
Source package: [openexr]
Details (2)
3.1.5-5· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
3.1.5-5· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
- [libopenexr-dev]Fixed
Source package: [openexr]
Details (2)
3.1.5-5· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
3.1.5-5· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
- [libopenexr-doc]Fixed
Source package: [openexr]
Details (2)
3.1.5-5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
3.1.5-5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
- [openexr]Fixed
Details (2)
3.1.5-5· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
3.1.5-5· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · bookworm; dsa · openexr · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libopenexr-3-1-30]Fixed
Source package: [openexr]
Details (2)
3.1.13-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
3.1.13-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
- [libopenexr-dev]Fixed
Source package: [openexr]
Details (2)
3.1.13-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
3.1.13-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
- [libopenexr-doc]Fixed
Source package: [openexr]
Details (2)
3.1.13-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
3.1.13-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
- [openexr]Fixed
Details (2)
3.1.13-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
3.1.13-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5.7-1dsa · openexr · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_1489-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23215]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5299-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23215]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23215]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2021/cve-2021-23215.json]
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