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CVE-2020-11764: An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 78.4% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: openexr (Alpine:v3.15) 2.4.1-r0; openexr (Debian:10) 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u1; openexr (Debian:12) 2.5.3-2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to openexr (Alpine:v3.15) 2.4.1-r0; openexr (Debian:10) 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u1; openexr (Debian:12) 2.5.3-2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. There is an out-of-bounds write in copyIntoFrameBuffer in ImfMisc.cpp.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 14, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 78th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
openexropenexr
fedoraprojectfedora
canonicalubuntu linux
opensuseleap
debiandebian linux
appleicloud
appleitunes
appleipados
appleiphone os
applemac os x
appletvos
applewatchos

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apple icloud10.0 and later · before 11.3
  • apple icloudbefore 7.20
  • apple ipadosbefore 13.6
  • apple iphone osbefore 13.6
  • apple itunesbefore 12.10.8
  • apple mac os x10.14.0 and later · before 10.14.6
  • apple mac os x10.13.0 and later · before 10.13.6
  • apple mac os x10.15 and later · before 10.15.6
  • apple mac os x10.13.6
  • apple mac os x10.14.6
  • apple tvosbefore 13.4.8
  • apple watchosbefore 6.2.8
  • canonical ubuntu linux16.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux18.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux19.10
  • canonical ubuntu linux20.04
  • debian debian linux10.0
  • debian debian linux9.0
  • fedoraproject fedora32
  • openexr openexrbefore 2.4.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.15openexrbefore 2.4.1-r02.4.1-r0
Debian:10openexrbefore 2.2.1-4.1+deb10u12.2.1-4.1+deb10u1
Debian:12openexrbefore 2.5.3-22.5.3-2
Debian:9openexrbefore 2.2.0-11+deb9u12.2.0-11+deb9u1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1openexrbefore 2.2.1-lp151.4.9.12.2.1-lp151.4.9.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientOpenEXRbefore 0:1.7.1-8.el70:1.7.1-8.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientOpenEXR-debuginfobefore 0:1.7.1-8.el70:1.7.1-8.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientOpenEXR-develbefore 0:1.7.1-8.el70:1.7.1-8.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientOpenEXR-libsbefore 0:1.7.1-8.el70:1.7.1-8.el7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1openexrbefore 2.2.1-3.14.12.2.1-3.14.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4openexrbefore 2.1.0-6.20.12.1.0-6.20.1

Same product

openexr: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-5841OpenEXR Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2021-23169A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2017-9115In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 2 in the = operator function in half.h could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-11762Apr 14, 2020 · An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1.
    23Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-11763Apr 14, 2020 · An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1.
    23Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2020-11765Apr 14, 2020 · An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1.
    23Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
alpine:openexr2.4.1-r0 · Alpine:v3.15Package registry (OSV)
debian:openexr2.5.3-2 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:openexr2.2.1-lp151.4.9.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:OpenEXR0:1.7.1-8.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:OpenEXR-debuginfo0:1.7.1-8.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:OpenEXR-devel0:1.7.1-8.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:OpenEXR-libs0:1.7.1-8.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
suse:openexr2.1.0-6.20.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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