Resource exhaustion in Tinyexr Project

CVE-2018-20652

An attempted excessive memory allocation was discovered in the function tinyexr::AllocateImage in tinyexr.h in tinyexr v0.9.5. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via crafted input, which leads to an out-of-memory exception.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-20652: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20652?
CVE-2018-20652 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tinyexr Project, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-20652?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-20652 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.