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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE-2017-14988

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

"Header::readfrom" in "IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp" in OpenEXR prior to v2.4.0-beta.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the "ImfOpenInputFile" function in "IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp". NOTE: The maintainer and multiple third parties believe that this vulnerability isn't valid.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled resource consumption

An uncontrolled resource allocation attack (also known as resource exhaustion attack) triggers unauthorized overconsumption of the limited resources in an application, such as memory, file system storage, database connection pool entries, and CPU. This may lead to denial of service for valid users and degradation of the application's functionality as well as that of the host operating system.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published