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CVE-2017-9113 json

In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 1 in the bufferedReadPixels function in ImfInputFile.cpp could cause the application to crash or…

published 2017-05-21 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18051

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 1 in the bufferedReadPixels function in ImfInputFile.cpp could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • openexr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.5.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9113

  • openexr Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.1
  • openexr Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1
  • openexr Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9113

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openexr SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 2.2.1-3.6.1
  • openexr SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 +2 more 2.1.0-6.10.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1963-1SUSE-SU-2019:1962-1

  • openexr openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.2.1-lp151.4.3.1
  • openexr openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.2.1-lp150.2.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1826-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1816-1

  • openexr Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +7 more 2.2.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-9113

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-9113 updated cvss 3.3

OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds write in the bufferedReadPixels function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 OpenEXR, OpenEXR-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OpenEXR, OpenEXR-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 OpenEXR
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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