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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-20302

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's TiledInputFile functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted single-part non-image to be processed by OpenEXR, to trigger a floating-point exception error. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:39 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-20302

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Mar 2022, 18:15 UTC

A flaw was found in OpenEXR's TiledInputFile functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted single-part non-image to be processed by OpenEXR, to trigger a floating-point exception error. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

osv:CVE-2021-20302
Complete source record
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