Description
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From 3.4.0 to before 3.4.9, a missing bounds check on the dataWindow attribute in EXR file headers allows an attacker to trigger a signed integer overflow in generic_unpack(). By setting dataWindow.min.x to a large negative value, OpenEXRCore computes an enormous image width, which is later used in a signed integer multiplication that overflows, causing the process to terminate with SIGILL via UBSan. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.4.9.
Affected products
openexr: openexr
References2
- github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisorie… ExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.9 ProductRelease Notes
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 20 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-190
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