8.8

CVE-2017-9111: openexr

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-qxh9-r8xw-7v99PYSEC-2026-728UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9111
Published 21-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9111 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in openexr. EPSS estimates a 3.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.19%
0%100%
Low · -0.37 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 7

Timeline

  1. 21-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 8 in the storeSSE function in ImfOptimizedPixelReading.h could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.37 pp

From 3.56% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • openexr< 2.5.3-2
Openexr1 product
PyPI1 product
  • openexr< 2.2.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • openexr< 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.1 | < 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1 | < 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1

4 vendors · 4 products

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