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CVE-2026-26981
MEDIUM6.5
Description
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. In versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.6 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.4, a heap-buffer-overflow (OOB read) occurs in the `istream_nonparallel_read` function in `ImfContextInit.cpp` when parsing a malformed EXR file through a memory-mapped `IStream`. A signed integer subtraction produces a negative value that is implicitly converted to `size_t`, resulting in a massive length being passed to `memcpy`. Versions 3.3.7 and 3.4.5 contain a patch.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score6.5
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
Published2/24/2026
Last Modified2/25/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
openexr:openexr
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-195
References
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/6bb2ddf1068573d073edf81270a015b38cc05cef(security-advisories@github.com)
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d2be382758adc3e9ab83a3de35138ec28d93ebd8(security-advisories@github.com)
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-q6vj-wxvf-5m8c(security-advisories@github.com)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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