1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5144-1

USN-5144-1: OpenEXR vulnerability

Publication date

11 November 2021

Overview

OpenEXR could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted EXR file.

Releases

Packages

  • openexr - tools for the OpenEXR image format

Details

It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain EXR
image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain EXR
image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libopenexr22 –  2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.8
openexr –  2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.8
16.04 xenial libopenexr22 –  2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm2  
openexr –  2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm2  

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