High
Security advisory
dwa_uncompress in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg 4.4 allows an out-of-bounds array access because dc_count is not strictly checked.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-33815
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 09:19 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
dwa_uncompress in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg 4.4 allows an out-of-bounds array access because dc_count is not strictly checked.
osv:CVE-2021-33815
Complete source record
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