CVE-2026-65979
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 6.7
OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 through 3.4.12, the HTJ2K decoder parses a header-length field (PLEN) from a chunk's compressed data but never checks that this value fits within the available buffer before using it. When decoding, it advances the codestream pointer by the attacker-supplied header size and passes the resulting offset and remaining length to the OpenJPH memory-input path, so a crafted value pushes the pointer past the end of the buffer and causes an out-of-bounds read. Because this field comes straight from attacker-controlled EXR chunk data, the flaw is reachable during normal decoding of an untrusted file. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.13.
Products: AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | openexr | 3.4.14-0.1 |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | openexr | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | openexr | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | openexr | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | openexr | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | openexr | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | openexr | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS | openexr | no fix |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | openexr | 3.4.14-1.1 |