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High USN-4339-1 12 CVEs

openexr vulnerabilities

Published Apr 27, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Brandon Perry discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-9111, CVE-2017-9113, CVE-2017-9115)

Tan Jie discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file,
a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-18444)

Samuel Groß discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-11758, CVE-2020-11759, CVE-2020-11760,
CVE-2020-11761, CVE-2020-11762, CVE-2020-11763, CVE-2020-11764)

It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-11765)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS openexr 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS openexr 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS openexr 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 12

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9111
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9113
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9115
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18444
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11758
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11759
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11760
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11761
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11762
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11763
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11764
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11765