Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openexr package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.25% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-OPENEXR-6696313
  • published17 Apr 2026
  • disclosed1 Feb 2024

Introduced: 1 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-5841  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:24.04 openexr.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr package and not the openexr package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1