SUSE SLES12 Security Update : openexr (SUSE-SU-2026:4532-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 363778

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4532-1 advisory.

This update for openexr fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-88384: NULL pointer dereference in the C++ attribute parsing path when a specially crafted EXR file containing an unknown-type attribute with dataSize set to zero is processed (bsc#1282700).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21, openexr and / or openexr-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 363778

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4532-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88384

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libilmimf-imf_2_1-21, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openexr

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88384

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4532-1

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