CVE-2023-50245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2023-12-11

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

afichet

openexr-viewer

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 0.6.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:afichet:openexr_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-3172	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-99jg-r3f4-rpxj	memory overflow vulnerability in OpenEXR-viewer

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0105.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/afichet/openexr-viewer/commit/d0a7e85dfeb519951fb8a8d70f73f30d41cdd3d9
https://github.com/afichet/openexr-viewer/security/advisories/GHSA-99jg-r3f4-rpxj

History

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Subscriptions

Afichet Openexr Viewer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-12-11T22:39:19.059Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:09:50.087Z

Reserved: 2023-12-05T20:42:59.376Z

Link: CVE-2023-50245

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-11T23:15:08.280

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:39:22.360

Link: CVE-2023-50245

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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