Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting openexr package, versions <3.4.14-0.1
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- published26 Aug 2026
- disclosed25 Aug 2026
Introduced: 25 Aug 2026
NewCVE-2026-59186 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable openexr to version 3.4.14-0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr package and not the openexr package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions before 3.2.11, 3.3.0 through 3.3.12, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, a crafted tiled EXR can trigger a heap out-of-bounds write on 32-bit/ILP32 builds when read through the public TiledRgbaInputFile RGBA API. The file uses a small 40x40 dataWindow but a 65537x65537 tile size. On ILP32, the Array2D<Rgba> tile-conversion buffer size calculation overflows, allocates a much smaller heap buffer, and tile decode writes past that allocation. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.11, 3.3.13, and 3.4.14.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-59186
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/71907b44ce9a1b05bf3934b8a7821752750731ab
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/904141d3a1f86327ad1e2b93fc92ce2dd5881d34
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/b1a5887372772d79328f4eb42b7f86352a38170b
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-f667-c4wm-c8gq