CVE-2026-68516

NameCVE-2026-68516
DescriptionOpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR can crash OpenEXR during normal decode. An HTJ2K-compressed EXR whose JPEG 2000 SIZ fields place the first tile outside the visible image can reach invalid tile and codeblock geometry in the vendored OpenJPH AVX2 decoder, causing a stack out-of-bounds write and denial of service. OpenEXR's HTJ2K path validates the decoded codestream dimensions against the EXR chunk size, but it does not reject SIZ image-offset/tile-grid geometry where the first tile does not intersect the image. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.14.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openexr (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.5.4-2+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm3.1.5-5vulnerable
trixie3.1.13-2vulnerable
forky3.4.6+ds-4vulnerable
sid3.4.14-0.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openexrsource(unstable)3.4.14-0.1

Notes

https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-fw66-6xph-56jm
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/45521f92104373b5c850f27f2d4659ab6759e848 (v3.4.14-rc)

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