CVE-2026-59981

openexr: OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image file format, widely used in the motion pi...

CVE-2026-59981 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2026:84796, released August 25, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.1
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0032
24th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
OpenEXR · rocky 8 0:2.2.0-12.el8_10.3 RLSA-2026:82345 Nov 7, 2026
OpenEXR-devel · RHEL 8 0:2.2.0-12.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:82345 Oct 16, 2026
OpenEXR-devel · almalinux 8 2.2.0-12.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:82345 Nov 7, 2026
OpenEXR-devel · ol 8 0:2.2.0-12.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-82345 Nov 7, 2026
OpenEXR-libs · RHEL 8 0:2.2.0-12.el8_10.3 RHSA-2026:82345 Oct 16, 2026
OpenEXR-libs · almalinux 8 2.2.0-12.el8_10.3 ALSA-2026:82345 Nov 7, 2026
OpenEXR-libs · ol 8 0:2.2.0-12.el8_10.3 ELSA-2026-82345 Nov 7, 2026
openexr · Debian 14 3.4.14-0.1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59981 Aug 28, 2026
openexr · RHEL 10 3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 RHSA-2026:84796 Aug 25, 2026
openexr · RHEL 9 0:3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 RHSA-2026:86983 Oct 24, 2026
openexr · almalinux 10 3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 ALSA-2026:84796 Nov 7, 2026
openexr · amzn 2023 3.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2026-2154 Sep 14, 2026
openexr · ol 10 0:3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 ELSA-2026-84796 Nov 7, 2026
openexr · ol 9 0:3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 ELSA-2026-86983 Nov 7, 2026
openexr · opensuse-leap 16.0 3.2.2-160000.10.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21737-1 Sep 2, 2026
openexr · rocky 10 0:3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 RLSA-2026:84796 Nov 7, 2026
openexr · rocky 9 0:3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 RLSA-2026:86983 Nov 7, 2026
openexr · sles 15.6 2.2.1-150000.3.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4003-1 Sep 7, 2026
openexr · sles 15.7 2.2.1-150000.3.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4003-1 Sep 7, 2026
openexr · sles 16.0 3.2.2-160000.10.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23604-1 Sep 2, 2026
openexr-debuginfo · amzn 2023 3.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2026-2154 Sep 14, 2026
openexr-debugsource · amzn 2023 3.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2026-2154 Sep 14, 2026
openexr-devel · RHEL 9 0:3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 RHSA-2026:86983 Oct 24, 2026
openexr-devel · almalinux 10 3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 ALSA-2026:84796 Nov 7, 2026
openexr-devel · almalinux 9 3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 ALSA-2026:86983 Nov 7, 2026
openexr-devel · amzn 2023 3.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2026-2154 Sep 14, 2026
openexr-devel · ol 10 0:3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 ELSA-2026-84796 Nov 7, 2026
openexr-devel · ol 9 0:3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 ELSA-2026-86983 Nov 7, 2026
openexr-libs · RHEL 9 0:3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 RHSA-2026:86983 Oct 24, 2026
openexr-libs · almalinux 10 3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 ALSA-2026:84796 Nov 7, 2026
openexr-libs · amzn 2023 3.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2026-2154 Sep 14, 2026
openexr-libs · ol 10 0:3.1.10-8.el10_2.5 ELSA-2026-84796 Nov 7, 2026
openexr-libs · ol 9 0:3.1.1-3.el9_8.5 ELSA-2026-86983 Nov 7, 2026
openexr-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 3.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2026-2154 Sep 14, 2026

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