Description
Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.
Published: 2024-02-01
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000


Thu, 15 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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Description Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library. Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Eus

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Openexr Openexr
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel E4s Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AHA

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:10:52.466Z

Reserved: 2023-10-29T23:41:19.153Z

Link: CVE-2023-5841

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:10:52.466Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-01T19:15:08.097

Modified: 2025-11-04T17:15:43.233

Link: CVE-2023-5841

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5841 - Bugzilla

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