Medium 5.5Published Apr 14, 2020

CVE-2020-11765An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. There is an off-by-one error in use of the ImfXdr.h read function by DwaCompressor::Classifier::Classifier, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125, CWE-193
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openexr openexr openexr:openexr	before 2.4.1	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	32	NVD
opensuse leap opensuse:leap	15.1	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	9.0; 10.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	16.04; 18.04; 19.10; 20.04	NVD
apple icloud apple:icloud	before 7.20; from 10.0 before 11.3	NVD
apple itunes apple:itunes	before 12.10.8	NVD
apple ipados apple:ipados	before 13.6	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 13.6	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	from 10.13.0 before 10.13.6; from 10.14.0 before 10.14.6; from 10.15 before 10.15.6; 10.13.6; 10.13.6; 10.13.6; 10.13.6; 10.13.6; and 21 more ranges	NVD
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References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00051.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1987	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/blob/master/CHANGES.md#version-241-february-11-2020	release-notes, third-party-advisory
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v2.4.1	release-notes, third-party-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00056.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F4KFGDQG5PVYAU7TS5MZ7XCS6EMPVII3/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-27	third-party-advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288	third-party-advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289	third-party-advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211290	third-party-advisory
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