Medium
Security advisory
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in chunkOffsetReconstruction in ImfMultiPartInputFile.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-16587
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in chunkOffsetReconstruction in ImfMultiPartInputFile.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.
osv:CVE-2020-16587
Complete source record
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