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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68515

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions before 3.2.11, 3.3.0 through 3.3.12, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, exrmultiview can write past a heap allocation when it combines two attacker-supplied, individually valid scanline EXR files whose union dataWindow is not aligned to one view's channel subsampling. The utility allocates sampled channel storage using a truncated union_width / xSampling, then reads the sampled input through a Slice based on the misaligned union window, producing a heap out-of-bounds write. The trigger is normal public-tool processing, such as exrmultiview left A.exr right B.exr out.exr with crafted but valid inputs, so this is not solely an API or caller-precondition issue. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.11, 3.3.13, and 3.4.14.

Products
openexr
Affected versions
2.2.0-10ubuntu2, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.1, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.2, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.3, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.4, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm2, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm3, 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.3, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.4, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.6, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.8, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9, 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1, 2.2.0-11ubuntu1, 2.2.0-1ubuntu3, 2.2.0-7ubuntu1, 2.2.0-9ubuntu1, 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu1, 2.3.0-6, 2.3.0-6build1, 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1, 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.2, 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.3, 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5, 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1, 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2, 2.5.4-2, 2.5.7-1, 2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 3.1.13-2, 3.1.13-2build1, 3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1, 3.1.5-5.1, 3.1.5-5.1build1, 3.1.5-5.1build2, 3.1.5-5.1build3, 3.1.5-5.1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-68515
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 02:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68515

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Aug 2026, 20:17 UTC

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions before 3.2.11, 3.3.0 through 3.3.12, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, exrmultiview can write past a heap allocation when it combines two attacker-supplied, individually valid scanline EXR files whose union dataWindow is not aligned to one view's channel subsampling. The utility allocates sampled channel storage using a truncated union_width / xSampling, then reads the sampled input through a Slice based on the misaligned union window, producing a heap out-of-bounds write. The trigger is normal public-tool processing, such as exrmultiview left A.exr right B.exr out.exr with crafted but valid inputs, so this is not solely an API or caller-precondition issue. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.11, 3.3.13, and 3.4.14.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68515

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Complete source record
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