What is the severity of CVE-2023-5841?

CVE-2023-5841 has been classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the risk of a heap-based buffer overflow.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5841?

To mitigate CVE-2023-5841, upgrade OpenEXR to version 3.2.2 or later.

Which versions of OpenEXR are affected by CVE-2023-5841?

CVE-2023-5841 affects OpenEXR versions up to and including 3.2.1.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2023-5841?

CVE-2023-5841 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

What could be the potential impact of CVE-2023-5841?

Exploitation of CVE-2023-5841 could lead to arbitrary code execution and destabilization of the affected application.

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CVE-2023-5841

critical

9.1

CWE

122 119 787

1/2/2024

13/11/2024

CVE-2023-5841: OpenEXR Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing

First published: Thu Feb 01 2024(Updated: )

Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

Credit: cve@takeonme.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
redhat/OpenEXR	<3.2.1	3.2.1
OpenEXR	<=3.2.1

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What is the severity of CVE-2023-5841?
CVE-2023-5841 has been classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the risk of a heap-based buffer overflow.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5841?
To mitigate CVE-2023-5841, upgrade OpenEXR to version 3.2.2 or later.
Which versions of OpenEXR are affected by CVE-2023-5841?
CVE-2023-5841 affects OpenEXR versions up to and including 3.2.1.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2023-5841?
CVE-2023-5841 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
What could be the potential impact of CVE-2023-5841?
Exploitation of CVE-2023-5841 could lead to arbitrary code execution and destabilization of the affected application.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-5841?
CVE-2023-5841 has been classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the risk of a heap-based buffer overflow.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5841?
To mitigate CVE-2023-5841, upgrade OpenEXR to version 3.2.2 or later.
Which versions of OpenEXR are affected by CVE-2023-5841?
CVE-2023-5841 affects OpenEXR versions up to and including 3.2.1.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2023-5841?
CVE-2023-5841 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
What could be the potential impact of CVE-2023-5841?
Exploitation of CVE-2023-5841 could lead to arbitrary code execution and destabilization of the affected application.