Bug 2523735 (CVE-2026-65979) - CVE-2026-65979 OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in HTJ2K decoder leads to denial of service
Summary: CVE-2026-65979 OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in HTJ2K decoder leads to...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-65979
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-25 19:19 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-18 17:28 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-25 19:19:30 UTC
OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 through 3.4.12, the HTJ2K decoder parses a header-length field (PLEN) from a chunk's compressed data but never checks that this value fits within the available buffer before using it. When decoding, it advances the codestream pointer by the attacker-supplied header size and passes the resulting offset and remaining length to the OpenJPH memory-input path, so a crafted value pushes the pointer past the end of the buffer and causes an out-of-bounds read. Because this field comes straight from attacker-controlled EXR chunk data, the flaw is reachable during normal decoding of an untrusted file. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.13.


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