A flaw was found in OpenEXR's Multipart input file functionality. A crafted multi-part input file with no actual parts can trigger a NULL pointer dereference. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Related CVEs

CVE-2021-20299

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-xq9j-995w-vvw2

Published

March 17, 2022 12:00 AM

Last Modified

March 23, 2022 12:00 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 1, 2025 6:44 AM

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