CVE-2009-1722

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% 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-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the compression implementation in OpenEXR 1.2.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr: 1.2.2

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36032
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
http://secunia.com/advisories/36753
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.2.2-4.3+etch2.diff.gz
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1842
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:191
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35838
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-831-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html

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