suse · CVE-2025-12840

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Priority: high Published: 2025-12-23 00:48:57 UTC Updated: 2026-03-05 01:25:36 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2025-12840 severity important: SUSE including 40 source package names (OpenEXR, libIex-3_2-31-3.2.2-160000.4.1, …), 150 product×package rows across 29 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (29 product lines)): Known Not Affected 83, Fixed 55, First Fixed 12.

Description:

Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR EXR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of EXR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-27948.

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