CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-16588

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 09, 2020 | Modified: Feb 03, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A Null Pointer Deference issue exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in generatePreview in makePreview.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openexr Openexr 2.3.0 (including) 2.3.0 (including)
Openexr Ubuntu bionic *
Openexr Ubuntu focal *
Openexr Ubuntu trusty *
Openexr Ubuntu upstream *
Openexr Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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