OpenImageIO vulnerabilities
Summary
It was discovered that OpenImageIO incorrectly performed bounds checking when processing SGI files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-43903) It was discovered that OpenImageIO incorrectly handled run-length encoding when processing Softimage PIC files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-43904) It was discovered that OpenImageIO incorrectly validated subimage metadata when processing HEIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-43906) It was discovered that OpenImageIO contained multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities when processing DPX files. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-43907, CVE-2026-43908, CVE-2026-43909) Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 24.04, 20.04, 18.04, 16.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-43903, CVE-2026-43906, CVE-2026-43907, CVE-2026-43908, CVE-2026-43904, CVE-2026-43909.
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Ubuntu 16.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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