diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 59e6e1dd644b6..1d49399592666 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Bernd Waibel <waebbl-gentoo@posteo.net> (2021-02-27)
+# Mask until removal of media-gfx/openexr_viewers.
+# Version has several vulnerabilities. See #717474
+=media-libs/openexr-2.3.0
+
 # Bernd Waibel <waebbl-gentoo@posteo.net> (2021-02-27)
 # No longer actively supported upstream.
 # Removal needed to clean-up {ilmbase,openexr}-2.3.0