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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15304
• AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr#727
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/master/CHANGES.md
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/master/SECURITY.md
• https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v2.5.2
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LKDRVXORM2VLNHRLFKS3JHRABSHZ5W5M/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SHYAKRAUEMYVCV7U5WLDRE2YFGSV5PIT/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00048.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27