CVE-2020-15305 Use after free in n/a
A use-after-free vulnerability in OpenEXR allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malicious input files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-15305?
CVE-2020-15305 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.5.2. Invalid input could cause a use-after-free in DeepScanLineInputFile::DeepScanLineInputFile() in IlmImf/ImfDeepScanLineInputFile.cpp.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15305?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Openexr Openexr, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-15305?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2020-15305 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15305 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as AZL-44481, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15305, GHSA-p94m-h527-55cx, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15305.