CVE-2023-5841
OpenEXR Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.1 Critical
- Published
- Feb 1, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 29, 2023
Description
Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.1 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
OpenEXRAcademy Software Foundation |
|
References
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-5841.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSB6DB5LAKGPLRXEF5HDNGUMT7GIFT2C/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWMINVKQLSUHECXBSQMZFCSDRIHFOJJI/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/36
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/34
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/32
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