CVE-2026-59985
Publication date 25 August 2026
Last updated 2 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. OpenEXR versions 3.2.0 through 3.2.10, 3.3.0 through 3.3.12, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13 are vulnerable on ILP32 builds to a heap out-of-bounds read. The issue occurs when a crafted RLE-compressed EXR causes the 64-bit unpacked size to truncate before allocation in OpenEXRCore decoding.c and unpack_32bit() reads beyond the resulting buffer, allowing denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.11, 3.3.13, and 3.4.14.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| openexr | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.5 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59985
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-v6v5-344m-64vm
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/b78496b324832e7cb1ff6b64373a3fe1cfa84e70 (main)
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/393fcd3376a669503999d5dada1d95665c49fddb (v3.4.14-rc)
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/7cfa06bf0fd9e89bdda0f75f2920befcaf952616 (v3.2.11-rc)