CVE-2017-9115

high

Description

In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 2 in the = operator function in half.h could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4755

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4339-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4148-1/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/12/5

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00060.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00056.html

https://github.com/openexr/openexr/releases/tag/v2.2.1

https://github.com/openexr/openexr/pull/233

https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/232

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-21

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0262