Bug 2523180 (CVE-2026-55371) - CVE-2026-55371 openexr: OpenEXR: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in exr_attr_set_bytes()
Summary: CVE-2026-55371 openexr: OpenEXR: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereferen...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-55371
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-25 00:51 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-25 15:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-25 00:51:14 UTC
OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR high-dynamic-range image file format, widely used in the motion picture industry. Versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.12 contain a NULL pointer dereference in the OpenEXRCore function exr_attr_set_bytes(). The public setter validates the top-level exr_attr_bytes_t value pointer but does not verify that the nested type_hint pointer is non-NULL when hint_length is greater than zero. When a caller supplies a positive hint_length together with a NULL type_hint, exr_attr_bytes_create() allocates a destination type-hint buffer and then copies from the NULL source pointer, causing a deterministic crash. The flaw is reachable through the public OpenEXRCore C API and results in a denial of service. The issue is fixed in version 3.4.13.


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