OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in `IDManifest::init()` during prefix expansion (AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr)

CVE-2026-42216
HIGH 8.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.46 % · percentile 40 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Modified

Description

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11, IDManifest::init() reconstructs strings from a prefix-compressed representation. If the previous string is longer than 255 bytes, the next string is expected to begin with a 2-byte prefix length. The code reads stringList[i][0] and stringList[i][1] without checking that the current string has at least two bytes. This issue has been patched in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-130 — Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hredhat-SADP
CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HNVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
AcademySoftwareFoundation · openexraffected >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.9 ; affected >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.11 ; affected >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.11

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD