CVE-2018-20652 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in tinyexr v0.9.5, specifically within the tinyexr::AllocateImage function in tinyexr.h. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-memory exception by providing crafted input that leads to excessive memory allocation. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over a network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinyexr_project:tinyexr:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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