Is CVE-2023-5841 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-5841 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-5841?

CVE-2023-5841 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-5841?

CVE-2023-5841 has an EPSS score of 1.26% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5841?

Upgrade openexr on debian 13 to 3.1.13-1 or later. Fixes are available for 13 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-5841

CRITICAL

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

openexrDebian

Fixed in:3.1.13-1CVE-2023-5841

openexrRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

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openexrRocky

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

openexr-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

openexr-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

openexr-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

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openexr-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

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openexr-develRocky

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

openexr-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

openexr-libsRocky

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

openexr-libsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

openexr-libs-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

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Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

openexr-libs-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_4.1RHSA-2024:8800

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_2.1RHSA-2024:8801

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_0.1RHSA-2024:8802

Fixed in:0:3.1.1-2.el9_5.1RHSA-2024:9548

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

takeonme.org

Other references5

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CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-26256	High	7.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-25687	Medium	5.9	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-3459	High	8.8	86%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21017	High	8.8	86%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-25683	Medium	5.9	86%	-	Fix

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