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openexr — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 to before version 3.4.7, an attacker providing a crafted .exr file with HTJ2K compression and a channel width of 32768 can write controlled data beyond the output heap buffer in any application that decodes EXR images. The write primitive is 2 bytes per overflow iteration or 4 bytes (by another path), repeating for each additional pixel past the overflow point. In this context, a heap write overflow can lead to remote code execution on systems. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.7.

Products
openexr
Affected versions
3.1.13-2build1, 3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-34545
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 02:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Apr 2026, 21:17 UTC

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 to before version 3.4.7, an attacker providing a crafted .exr file with HTJ2K compression and a channel width of 32768 can write controlled data beyond the output heap buffer in any application that decodes EXR images. The write primitive is 2 bytes per overflow iteration or 4 bytes (by another path), repeating for each additional pixel past the overflow point. In this context, a heap write overflow can lead to remote code execution on systems. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.7.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545

openexr

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545",
    "summary": "OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 to before version 3.4.7, an attacker providing a crafted .exr file with HTJ2K compression and a channel width of 32768 can write controlled data beyond the output heap buffer in any application that decodes EXR images. The write primitive is 2 bytes per overflow iteration or 4 bytes (by another path), repeating for each additional pixel past the overflow point. In this context, a heap write overflow can lead to remote code execution on systems. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.7.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "openexr",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.1.13-2build1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3",
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          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openexr",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "3.1.13-2build1",
            "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34545.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "libopenexr-3-4-33",
                "binary_version": "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "openexr",
                "binary_version": "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:58:11.928427946Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-34545"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-34545",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34545",
        "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-ghfj-fx47-wg97",
        "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/3827998f5c041d6a94c6af24bbb363daa669e4b3",
        "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.7"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-34545",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 358325,
  "published_at": "2026-04-01T21:17:00+00:00"
}