CVE-2017-9116 Denial of service in n/a
An invalid read in OpenEXR's uncompress function can cause application crashes, requiring users to upgrade the library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-9116?
CVE-2017-9116 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openexr Openexr, published on 21 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid read of size 1 in the uncompress function in ImfZip.cpp could cause the application to crash.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9116?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openexr Openexr.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9116?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2017-9116 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9116 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9116, GHSA-5h55-c648-5387, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9116.