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CVE-2017-9115

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9115 is a critical vulnerability affecting OpenEXR 2.2.0, specifically an invalid write in the half.h operator function. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), can lead to application crashes or arbitrary code execution, requiring user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation. Despite its high severity and potential for significant impact (C:H/I:H/A:H), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0331 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: OpenEXR
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: OpenEXR

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9115Low

OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds write in the = operator function

May 12, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00060.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00000.html
github.com / openexr/openexr/issues/232
github.com / openexr/openexr/pull/233
github.com / openexr/openexr/releases/tag/v2.2.1
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00056.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 4148-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4339-1
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4755
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/05/12/5
Third Party Advisory