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openSUSE Leap 16.0 openexr Important Integer Overflow Fix 2026-20652-1

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2026
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Two vulnerabilities and respective patches for openexr on openSUSE enhances system security and stability. Update now!
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has 2 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for openexr fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-40244: integer overflow in DWA setupChannelData planarUncRle pointer arithmetic (bsc#1262426).

- CVE-2026-40250: integer overflow in DWA decoder outBufferEnd pointer arithmetic (bsc#1262425).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-660=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory threat important integer overflow OpenSUSE OpenEXR

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

libIex-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libIex-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libIlmThread-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libIlmThread-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libOpenEXR-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libOpenEXR-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.7.1

libOpenEXRUtil-3_2-31-x86-64-v3-3.2.2-160000.7.1

openexr-3.2.2-160000.7.1

openexr-devel-3.2.2-160000.7.1

openexr-doc-3.2.2-160000.7.1

References

* bsc#1262425

* bsc#1262426

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40244.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40250.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20652-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory threat important integer overflow OpenSUSE OpenEXR

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