CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1721
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-07-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-824
Description
The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.
Affected configurations
• openexr openexr 1.2.2
• openexr openexr 1.6.1
• opensuse opensuse 10.0
• opensuse opensuse 10.3
• opensuse opensuse 11.0
• apple mac os x (< 10.5.8)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• debian debian linux 5.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• fedoraproject fedora 10
• fedoraproject fedora 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00000.html Mailing List
- http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/openexr_1.6.1-3%2Blenny3.debdiff Broken Link, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36030 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36032 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36123 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36753 Broken Link
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.2.2-4.3+etch2.diff.gz Broken Link, Patch
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.6.1-3+lenny3.diff.gz Broken Link, Patch
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1842 Mailing List
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:190 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:191 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35838 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-831-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2035 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 Broken Link
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01286.html Mailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01290.html Mailing List
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00000.html Mailing List
- http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/openexr_1.6.1-3%2Blenny3.debdiff Broken Link, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36030 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36032 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36123 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36753 Broken Link
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.2.2-4.3+etch2.diff.gz Broken Link, Patch
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.6.1-3+lenny3.diff.gz Broken Link, Patch
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1842 Mailing List
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:190 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:191 Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35838 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-831-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2035 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 Broken Link
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01286.html Mailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01290.html Mailing List