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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-9116

In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid read of size 1 in the uncompress function in ImfZip.cpp could cause the application to crash.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:51 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-9116

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 May 2017, 18:29 UTC

In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid read of size 1 in the uncompress function in ImfZip.cpp could cause the application to crash.

osv:CVE-2017-9116
Complete source record
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