Bug 2424915 - CVE-2025-12840 mingw-openexr: OpenEXR: Remote Code Execution via EXR file parsing heap-based buffer overflow [fedora-43]
Summary: CVE-2025-12840 mingw-openexr: OpenEXR: Remote Code Execution via EXR file par...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mingw-openexr
Version: 43
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Sandro Mani
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["c7cfde46-69c2-481b-915d-4...
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Blocks: CVE-2025-12840
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Reported: 2025-12-24 11:41 UTC by Sandipan Roy
Modified: 2026-01-27 04:52 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: mingw-openexr-3.3.6-1.fc43 mingw-openexr-3.3.6-1.fc42
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-01-26 00:49:03 UTC
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Description Sandipan Roy 2025-12-24 11:41:27 UTC
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Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-01-17 11:13:30 UTC
FEDORA-2026-0e8fe3c8a3 (mingw-openexr-3.3.6-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-0e8fe3c8a3

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-01-18 01:36:31 UTC
FEDORA-2026-1fbf91067c has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-1fbf91067c`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-1fbf91067c

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-01-18 02:29:16 UTC
FEDORA-2026-0e8fe3c8a3 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-0e8fe3c8a3`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-0e8fe3c8a3

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-01-26 00:49:03 UTC
FEDORA-2026-1fbf91067c (mingw-openexr-3.3.6-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-01-26 01:07:41 UTC
FEDORA-2026-0e8fe3c8a3 (mingw-openexr-3.3.6-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-01-27 04:52:28 UTC
FEDORA-2026-1fbf91067c (mingw-openexr-3.3.6-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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