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

CVE-2023-50245

High
9.8/10

Summary

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.

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

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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