Security update for openexr

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:21796-1
Release Date:	2026-05-15T08:21:20Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1264353 bsc#1264354 bsc#1264356
Cross-References:	CVE-2026-41142 CVE-2026-42216 CVE-2026-42217
CVSS scores:	CVE-2026-41142 ( SUSE ): 9.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-41142 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-41142 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2026-42216 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-42216 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVE-2026-42216 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVE-2026-42216 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVE-2026-42217 ( SUSE ): 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2026-42217 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVE-2026-42217 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVE-2026-42217 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openexr fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-41142: integer overflow in ImageChannel: resize can lead to a heap out-of-bounds write via OpenEXRUtil public API (bsc#1264356).
• CVE-2026-42216: missing checks in IDManifest: init() can lead to out-of-bounds read during prefix expansion (bsc#1264354).
• CVE-2026-42217: missing bounds check for shift counter in readVariableLengthInteger can lead to shift exponent overflow and cause undefined behavior (bsc#1264353).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-750=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-750=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • openexr-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • openexr-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • openexr-debugsource-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (x86_64)
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
  • openexr-doc-3.2.2-160000.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • openexr-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • openexr-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • openexr-debugsource-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
  • openexr-doc-3.2.2-160000.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (x86_64)
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIex-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXR-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libIlmThread-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1
  • libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.8.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41142.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42216.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42217.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264353
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264354
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264356