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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2026-55059 EUVD-2026-65183

OpenEXR: OpenEXRUtil SampleCountChannel row setter heap has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Published Aug 25, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. Versions prior to 3.2.10, 3.3.12 and 3.4.13 contain a heap out-of-bounds write in Imf_4_0::SampleCountChannel::set(int r, unsigned int newNumSamples[]). The row-based sample-count setter computes the target Y coordinate with dataWindow.min.x instead of dataWindow.min.y. For a valid deep image data window where min.x != min.y, a valid row index can be translated into an invalid Y coordinate, causing writes before the allocated _numSamples buffer. The vulnerability is reachable through the public OpenEXRUtil DeepImage API and can lead to heap corruption and process crashes. This issue has been fixed in versions 3.2.10, 3.3.12 and 3.4.13.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr < 3.2.10, >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.12, >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.13 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 openexr 3.4.14-0.1 —
Debian 13 openexr 3.2.12-1~deb13u1 —
Debian 12 openexr No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 openexr No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS openexr No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS openexr No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS openexr No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS openexr No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS openexr No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS openexr No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 openexr 2.2.1-150000.3.52.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3169-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 openexr 3.2.2-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22653-1
SLES 16.0 openexr 3.2.2-160000.9.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22653-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed openexr 3.4.13-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11218-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 openexr 3.2.2-160000.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21336-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 openexr +2 3.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2026-2154

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 OpenEXR No fix yet —

Advisories 5

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