Heap-based buffer overflow in Openimageio - CVE-2026-43906
Published: May 5, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU129718
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43906
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to a heap-based buffer overflow in the HEIF decoder when processing crafted HEIF images with mismatched subimage metadata. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted image to execute arbitrary code.
The issue occurs when a larger scanline from one subimage is copied into a buffer allocated for a smaller subimage after subimage switching.
Affected software
Openimageio
Ubuntu
openimageio (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
openimageio (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-43906
Install security update from vendor's website.
Openimageio - addressed in versions 3.0.18.0, 3.1.13.0
openimageio (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.6.11~dfsg0-1ubuntu1+esm2, 1.7.17~dfsg0-1ubuntu2+esm1, 2.1.12.0~dfsg0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.4.17.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.5.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
openimageio (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.6.11~dfsg0-1ubuntu1+esm2, 1.7.17~dfsg0-1ubuntu2+esm1, 2.1.12.0~dfsg0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.4.17.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.5.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1