UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34379

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-34379
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34379.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34379
Upstream
Published
2026-04-06T16:16:00Z
Modified
2026-10-17T13:00:00Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From 3.2.0 to before 3.2.7, 3.3.9, and 3.4.9, a misaligned memory write vulnerability exists in LossyDctDecoder_execute() in src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_dwa_decoder.h:749. When decoding a DWA or DWAB-compressed EXR file containing a FLOAT-type channel, the decoder performs an in-place HALF→FLOAT conversion by casting an unaligned uint8_t * row pointer to float * and writing through it. Because the row buffer may not be 4-byte aligned, this constitutes undefined behavior under the C standard and crashes immediately on architectures that enforce alignment (ARM, RISC-V, etc.). On x86 it is silently tolerated at runtime but remains exploitable via compiler optimizations that assume aligned access. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.7, 3.3.9, and 3.4.9.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:26.10 / openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.13-2build1
3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libopenexr-3-4-33",
            "binary_version":  "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "openexr",
            "binary_version":  "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34379.json"