CVE-2009-1720

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, related to (1) the Imf::PreviewImage::PreviewImage function and (2) compressor constructors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr: 1.2.2, 1.6.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00000.html
http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/openexr_1.6.1-3%2Blenny3.debdiff
http://secunia.com/advisories/36030
http://secunia.com/advisories/36032
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
http://secunia.com/advisories/36123
http://secunia.com/advisories/36753
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.2.2-4.3+etch2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.6.1-3+lenny3.diff.gz
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1842

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