CVE-2009-1721

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.

How to fix CVE-2009-1721

To remediate CVE-2009-1721, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/openexr—upgrade to 1.6.1-4.1 or later

Is CVE-2009-1721 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 4.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.6.1-4.1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1721