Medium 6.8Published Jul 31, 2009

CVE-2009-1721The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute…

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The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-824
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openexr openexr openexr:openexr	1.2.2; 1.6.1	NVD
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse	10.0; 10.3; 11.0	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 10.5.8	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	4.0; 5.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	8.04; 8.10; 9.04	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	10; 11	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html	mailing-list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00000.html	mailing-list
http://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable_diffs/openexr_1.6.1-3%2Blenny3.debdiff	broken-link, patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/36030	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36032	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36123	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36753	broken-link
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.2.2-4.3+etch2.diff.gz	broken-link, patch
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openexr/openexr_1.6.1-3+lenny3.diff.gz	broken-link, patch
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