USN-8259-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities

Publication date

7 May 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR.


Packages

  • openexr - tools for the OpenEXR image format

Details

Quang Luong discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled sample count
accumulation when processing deep scan line image files. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause OpenEXR to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-27622)

It was discovered that OpenEXR had an integer overflow in the PXR24
decoder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenEXR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-34380)

Quang Luong discovered that OpenEXR had a signed integer overflow in the
PIZ decoder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenEXR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (

Quang Luong discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled sample count
accumulation when processing deep scan line image files. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause OpenEXR to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-27622)

It was discovered that OpenEXR had an integer overflow in the PXR24
decoder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenEXR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-34380)

Quang Luong discovered that OpenEXR had a signed integer overflow in the
PIZ decoder. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenEXR to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-34588)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute libopenexr-3-1-30 –  3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1  
openexr –  3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1  
24.04 LTS noble libopenexr-3-1-30 –  3.1.5-5.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
openexr –  3.1.5-5.1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy libopenexr25 –  2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
openexr –  2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
20.04 LTS focal libopenexr24 –  2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2  
openexr –  2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2  
18.04 LTS bionic libopenexr22 –  2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1  
openexr –  2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial libopenexr22 –  2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4  
openexr –  2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4  

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