CVE-2018-18444

Publication date 17 October 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

makeMultiView.cpp in exrmultiview in OpenEXR 2.3.0 has an out-of-bounds write, leading to an assertion failure or possibly unspecified other impact.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openexr 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu0.1
19.04 disco
Fixed 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu0.1
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

proposed patch in bug The patch for this issue was dropped during the focal development cycle by mistake.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
openexr

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4148-1
    • OpenEXR vulnerabilities
    • 7 October 2019
    • USN-4339-1
    • OpenEXR vulnerabilities
    • 27 April 2020

Other references