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CVE-2020-15304

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.5.2. An invalid tiled input file could cause invalid memory access in TiledInputFile::TiledInputFile() in IlmImf/ImfTiledInputFile.cpp, as demonstrated by a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 31, 32
• AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr: before 2.5.2 — fixed in 2.5.2
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1, 15.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr 2.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00048.html
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/master/CHANGES.md
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/master/SECURITY.md
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/727
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v2.5.2
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKDRVXORM2VLNHRLFKS3JHRABSHZ5W5M/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SHYAKRAUEMYVCV7U5WLDRE2YFGSV5PIT/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00048.html
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/master/CHANGES.md

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