UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53532
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532
Upstream
Published
2026-08-25T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-27T11:01:23.480069550Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.12, a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR file causes an unconditional process abort in any application that calls exrstartread() on untrusted input, resulting in denial of service. The crash is triggered by a QCD marker whose lower five bits are zero, which OpenEXR passes into the vendored OpenJPH library while constructing the codestream and evaluating its quantization delta parameters. OpenJPH uses an assertion rather than a recoverable error to validate those bits, so any invalid value calls abort() directly and cannot be intercepted by surrounding error handling, a problem compounded by OpenEXR wrapping only its internal HT header parser in error handling while leaving the later codestream read and construction calls unprotected. This issue has been resolved in version 3.4.13.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.2.0-1ubuntu3
2.2.0-7ubuntu1
2.2.0-9ubuntu1
2.2.0-10ubuntu2
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.1
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.2
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.3
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.4
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm2
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm3
2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenexr22",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openexr",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.2.0-11ubuntu1
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.3
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.4
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.6
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.7
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.8
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9
2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenexr22",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openexr",
            "binary_version": "2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.9+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Ffocal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.2.1-4.1ubuntu1
2.3.0-6
2.3.0-6build1
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.2
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.3
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm1
2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenexr24",
            "binary_version": "2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openexr",
            "binary_version": "2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fjammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.4-2
2.5.7-1
2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenexr25",
            "binary_version": "2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openexr",
            "binary_version": "2.5.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.5-5.1
3.1.5-5.1build1
3.1.5-5.1build2
3.1.5-5.1build3
3.1.5-5.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenexr-3-1-30",
            "binary_version": "3.1.5-5.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openexr",
            "binary_version": "3.1.5-5.1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
openexr

Package

Name
openexr
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fresolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.13-2
3.1.13-2build1
3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libopenexr-3-1-30",
            "binary_version": "3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "openexr",
            "binary_version": "3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53532.json"