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TI-2026-42768 Aliases CVE-2026-59981

OpenEXR: Heap OOB read in SampleCountChannel row when using nonzero dataWindow

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image file format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions through 3.2.10, 3.3.0 through 3.3.12, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, the OpenEXRUtil library returns an out-of-bounds pointer from the SampleCountChannel::row() API when a deep image has a non-zero dataWindow origin. The row() accessor is documented as 0-based and computes its address from an internal base that is offset for absolute pixel coordinates, so the two coordinate models conflict whenever dataWindow.min is non-zero. For a deep image whose data window has a large negative vertical origin, row(0) points far outside the allocated sample-count buffer. An application that opens an attacker-controlled deep EXR file and accesses sample counts through row() performs an out-of-bounds read, which can crash the process or, under a controlled heap layout, return adjacent heap memory as sample-count values. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.11, 3.3.13, and 3.4.14.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00317 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed openexr (AcademySoftwareFoundation): 3.2.11, 3.3.13, 3.4.14Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AcademySoftwareFoundationopenexrbefore 3.2.11; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.13; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.143.2.11, 3.3.13, 3.4.14Patch availableCNA
  • openexr VendorAcademySoftwareFoundation Affected before 3.2.11; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.13; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.14 Fixed in 3.2.11, 3.3.13, 3.4.14 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Academy Software Foundation

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA openexr (AcademySoftwareFoundation) Fixed in 3.2.11, 3.3.13, 3.4.14

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:86983 Released 2026-10-21 · Red Hat rating Important
    openexr security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) openexr-3.1.1-3.el9_8.5, openexr-libs-3.1.1-3.el9_8.5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) openexr-devel-3.1.1-3.el9_8.5
  • RHSA-2026:84796 Released 2026-10-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    openexr security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) openexr-3.1.10-8.el10_2.5, openexr-libs-3.1.10-8.el10_2.5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) openexr-devel-3.1.10-8.el10_2.5
  • RHSA-2026:82345 Released 2026-10-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenEXR security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) OpenEXR-2.2.0-12.el8_10.3, OpenEXR-libs-2.2.0-12.el8_10.3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) OpenEXR-devel-2.2.0-12.el8_10.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:84796
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:82345
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:86983
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:82345
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)Fixed RHSA-2026:84796
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:86983
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59981
  2. 2026-10-14 Fix available: RHSA-2026:82345 · Red Hat
  3. 2026-10-15 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-20 Fix available: RHSA-2026:84796 · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-20 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-21 Fix available: RHSA-2026:86983 · Red Hat
  7. 2026-10-21 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) · Red Hat

References

Other 4

  • TI-2026-30739 OpenColorIO vulnerable to stack buffer overflow via unbounded `sscanf %s` in Spi3D (.spi3d) LUT parser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2026-38605 OpenEXR: Unhandled assert abort in HTJ2K decoder via crafted QCD marker (DoS) CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-48281 OpenEXR: Heap out-of-bounds write in exrmultiview with subsampled channel union CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-48279 OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR from literal/prefixed RGB channel name collision CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-42338 OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in DeepImageChannel::row() for non-zero dataWindow origin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-42337 OpenEXR: exrmetrics deep pixelmode heap buffer overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
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