USN-4996-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities
22 June 2021
Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR.
Releases
Packages
- openexr - tools for the OpenEXR image format
Details
It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file,
a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-4996-2: libopenexr-dev, openexr, libopenexr22, openexr-doc
- USN-5620-1: libopenexr-dev, openexr-doc, libopenexr24, openexr, libopenexr25