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SUSE BCI 16.0 OpenEXR Important Heap Overflow Risk CVE-2026-27622

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
The SUSE update resolves an important issue in openexr related to a crafted multipart deep EXR, requiring immediate attention.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for openexr fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-27622: crafted multipart deep EXR can cause an heap out-of-bound write (bsc#1259177). ## 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 - BCI 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-450=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * openexr-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.5.1 * libIex-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.5.1 * libOpenEXR-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.5.1 * libIlmThread-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.5.1 * libOpenEXRCore-3_2-31-debuginfo-3.2.2-160000.5.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important heap overflow OpenEXR cve-2026-27622

References

* bsc#1259177

Cross-

* CVE-2026-27622

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-27622 ( SUSE ): 8.4

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-27622 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-27622 ( NVD ): 8.4

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/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-2026-27622 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27622.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259177

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20936-1
Release Date: 2026-03-26T10:03:06Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important heap overflow OpenEXR cve-2026-27622

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