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CVE-2021-3474

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3474 is a shift overflow vulnerability in OpenEXR versions prior to 3.0.0-beta, affecting Debian Linux and OpenEXR itself. A specially crafted input file can trigger this flaw in the FastHufDecoder, potentially causing application availability issues. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 5.3, this vulnerability can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gimp:flatpak/OpenEXR
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: OpenEXR

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-3474Low

OpenEXR: Undefined-shift in Imf_2_5::FastHufDecoder::FastHufDecoder

Mar 15, 2021

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202107-27
Third Party Advisory