Medium
Security advisory
OpenEXR 2.3.0 has a memory leak in ThreadPool in IlmBase/IlmThread/IlmThreadPool.cpp, as demonstrated by exrmultiview.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-18443
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
OpenEXR 2.3.0 has a memory leak in ThreadPool in IlmBase/IlmThread/IlmThreadPool.cpp, as demonstrated by exrmultiview.
osv:CVE-2018-18443
Complete source record
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