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CVE-2023-5841

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5841 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR image parsing library, affecting versions 3.2.1 and prior. This flaw arises from insufficient validation of scanline samples in OpenEXR files with deep scanline data. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability is remotely exploitable without user interaction and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 73/100 indicates its significant potential danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: openexr-0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: openexr-0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: openexr-0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: openexr-0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gimp:flatpak/OpenEXR

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-5841Important

OpenEXR: Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing

Feb 1, 2024

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/32
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/34
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/36
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/LSB6DB5LAKGPLRXEF5HDNGUMT7GIFT2C
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/XWMINVKQLSUHECXBSQMZFCSDRIHFOJJI
takeonme.org / cves/CVE-2023-5841.html
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