Bug 2523532 - CVE-2026-55373 openexr2: OpenEXR: Denial of Service via infinite loop in sample count processing. [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-55373 openexr2: OpenEXR: Denial of Service via infinite loop in samp...
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: openexr2
Version: rawhide
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Assignee: Gwyn Ciesla
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Blocks: CVE-2026-55373
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Reported: 2026-08-25 15:23 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2026-08-25 15:23 UTC (History)
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Description Laura Pardo 2026-08-25 15:23:10 UTC
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OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. Versions prior to 3.2.10, 3.3.12, and 3.4.13 contain an infinite-loop vulnerability in SampleCountChannel. The helper roundListSizeUp() rounds a sample-list size up to the next power of two using repeated unsigned left shifts, which terminates for normal values but fails for UINT_MAX: the sequence reaches 0x80000000, and the next left shift wraps the 32-bit value to 0. Because 0 remains less than UINT_MAX, the loop never progresses and never exits. The bug is reachable through public OpenEXRUtil APIs, either by editing the sample-count buffer through SampleCountChannel::Edit (whose destructor calls endEdit()) or by calling SampleCountChannel::set(x, y, UINT_MAX) on a valid pixel. This issue has been fixed in versions 3.2.10, 3.3.12, and 3.4.13.


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