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CVE-2017-9113

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9113 describes an invalid write vulnerability in OpenEXR 2.2.0's bufferedReadPixels function (ImfInputFile.cpp), which could lead to application crashes or arbitrary code execution. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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
3.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0314 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 14,852 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-2017-9113Low

OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds write in the bufferedReadPixels 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