CVE-2017-14988 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted file can cause excessive memory allocation leading to denial of service in the OpenEXR library, though validity is disputed.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-14988?
CVE-2017-14988 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openexr Openexr, published on 2 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp. NOTE: The maintainer and multiple third parties believe that this vulnerability isn't valid
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14988?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (9)
openexr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | All versions | 2.1.0-6.13.1 |
openexr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | All versions | 2.2.1-3.9.2 |
openexr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | All versions | 2.2.1-3.9.2 |
openexr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | All versions | 2.1.0-6.13.1 |
openexr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | All versions | 2.1.0-6.13.1 |
openexr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | All versions | 2.1.0-6.13.1 |
openexr SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 | All versions | 2.1.0-6.13.1 |
openexr openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 2.2.1-lp151.4.6.1 |
openexr openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | All versions | 2.2.1-lp151.4.6.1 |
Products include Openexr Openexr.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14988?
No fix published yet.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-14988 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14988 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openexr Openexr
- CVE-2023-5841 OpenEXR Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing
- CVE-2026-41142 OpenEXR is Vulnerable to Integer overflow in ImageChannel::resize leads to heap OOB write via OpenEXRUtil public API
- CVE-2026-42216 OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in `IDManifest::init()` during prefix expansion
- CVE-2017-9111 OpenEXR invalid write
- CVE-2017-9113 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as AZL-45117, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14988, GHSA-6r6p-p4cc-5qgv, MGASA-2019-0373, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2017-14988, SUSE-SU-2019:2014-1 and 2 more.