Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting openexr package, versions <3.4.14-0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-OPENEXR-19270100
  • published26 Aug 2026
  • disclosed24 Aug 2026

Introduced: 24 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-68516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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. From version 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR can crash OpenEXR during normal decode. An HTJ2K-compressed EXR whose JPEG 2000 SIZ fields place the first tile outside the visible image can reach invalid tile and codeblock geometry in the vendored OpenJPH AVX2 decoder, causing a stack out-of-bounds write and denial of service. OpenEXR's HTJ2K path validates the decoded codestream dimensions against the EXR chunk size, but it does not reject SIZ image-offset/tile-grid geometry where the first tile does not intersect the image. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.14.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1