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CVE-2009-1721

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 4.29%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-07-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2009-1721
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
4.29%

Original NVD Description

The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer.