CVE-2021-3598

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's ImfDeepScanLineInputFile functionality in versions prior to 3.0.5. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to an application linked with OpenEXR could cause an out-of-bounds read. The greatest risk from this flaw is to application availability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3598

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3598.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202107-14

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.0.5-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.5.4-2+deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed2.5.7-1
debian debiansidfixed2.5.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5.7-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.