CVE-2018-20652: tinyexr_project tinyexr

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-20652 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in tinyexr_project tinyexr. EPSS estimates a 1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 01-01-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingThe product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.