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CVE-2009-1721
The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause…
Medium6.8EPSS 4.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- FEDORA-2009-8132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36123 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.2.2-4.3+etch2.diff.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36753 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 36096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:190 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 36030 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.6.1-3+lenny3.diff.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/openexr_1.6.1-3%2Blenny3.debdiff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1022674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-831-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA09-218A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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