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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2026-68514 json

OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR from literal/prefixed RGB channel name collision in deep images

published 2026-08-25 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-09 1 mo ago also EUVD-2026-65745

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image file format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.12 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, the PyOpenEXR Python bindings contain a heap out-of-bounds write triggered when reading a crafted deep scanline EXR file. When a deep file declares a literal channel named left alongside layer-prefixed RGB channels left.R, left.G, and left.B, the wrapper processes the literal left channel first and allocates a scalar deep sample array for it, then reuses that same array as the coalesced destination for the prefixed RGB group. The deep reader registers sample slices with an RGB stride (three lanes) into storage that was allocated with scalar shape, so decoding the deep samples writes past the allocation. Opening such a file through the default public Python API, OpenEXR.File(path), causes a heap buffer overflow during normal deep sample decode, leading to memory corruption and a crash. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.13 and 3.4.14.

Patch / fix

  • openexr openexr 3.3.13, 3.4.14
  • openexr Debian 14 3.4.14-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68514

  • python-OpenEXR openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.4.16-1.1
  • openexr openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.4.14-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12184-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11612-1

  • openexr Alpine 3.24 3.4.15-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-68514

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-mw28-66qc-c883 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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