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GHSA-m5cq-cx25-qw53 on CTRL-OS 26.05

Aliases: GHSA-m5cq-cx25-qw53

Packages: openexr

Status: Plausible

Advisory Information

Summary

chunk.c validates three deep-scanline leader fields asymmetrically:

  • ddata[1] (packed_size): checked < 0 || > INT_MAX ✓
  • ddata[2] (unpacked_size): checked < 0 || > INT_MAX ✓
  • ddata[0] (sample_count_table_size): checked < 0 only — missing > INT_MAX ✗

Vulnerable Code

chunk.c line ~1009: 

if (ddata[0] < 0) { return error(...); }  // NO INT_MAX cap
if (ddata[1] < 0 || ddata[1] > (int64_t) INT_MAX) { return error(...); }  // correct
if (ddata[2] < 0 || ddata[2] > (int64_t) INT_MAX) { return error(...); }  // correct
cinfo->sample_count_table_size = (uint64_t) ddata[0];  // can be > 2^32

decoding.c line ~165: 

rv = internal_decode_alloc_buffer(
    decode,
    EXR_TRANSCODE_BUFFER_PACKED_SAMPLES,
    &(decode->packed_sample_count_table),
    &(decode->packed_sample_count_alloc_size),
    decode->chunk.sample_count_table_size);  // uint64_t truncated to size_t on ILP32

chunk.c exr_read_deep_chunk line ~1635: 

toread = cinfo->sample_count_table_size;  // full uint64 value
rv = ctxt->do_read(ctxt, sample_data, toread, ...);  // writes toread bytes into truncated buffer

Impact

On ILP32 / 32-bit size_t builds (32-bit Linux, 32-bit Windows, wasm32): A deep EXR with sample_count_table_size >= 2^32 truncates the allocation, then exr_read_deep_chunk writes the full 64-bit byte count into the undersized buffer → heap buffer overflow.

Relationship to Recent Fixes

Same missing guard pattern fixed in: - commit b78496b3: RLE decode added if (X != (size_t)X) return OOM - commit 3a4214aa: B44/B44A decode added same guard

The guard was applied to sibling fields but not to sample_count_table_size.

Fix

In chunk.c change line ~1009 from: 

if (ddata[0] < 0)
to: 
if (ddata[0] < 0 || ddata[0] > (int64_t) INT_MAX)

Updates

2026-08-11 03:51 CEST

Metadata changes:

  • Status for package openexr: “Plausible”

2026-08-11 03:31 CEST

Metadata changes:

  • Status for package openexr: “New”