Out-of-bounds Read Affecting openexr package, versions <3.2.2-160000.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-OPENEXR-16962291
  • published28 May 2026
  • disclosed15 May 2026

Introduced: 15 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-42216  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 openexr to version 3.2.2-160000.8.1 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11, IDManifest::init() reconstructs strings from a prefix-compressed representation. If the previous string is longer than 255 bytes, the next string is expected to begin with a 2-byte prefix length. The code reads stringList[i][0] and stringList[i][1] without checking that the current string has at least two bytes. This issue has been patched in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1