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CVE-2026-26981: OpenEXR has heap-buffer-overflow via signed integer underflow in ImfContextInit.cpp

April 6, 2026

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.

References

  • github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr
  • github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/6bb2ddf1068573d073edf81270a015b38cc05cef
  • github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d2be382758adc3e9ab83a3de35138ec28d93ebd8
  • github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-q6vj-wxvf-5m8c
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6vj-wxvf-5m8c
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26981

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.3.0 before 3.3.7, all versions starting from 3.4.0 before 3.4.5

Fixed versions

  • 3.3.7
  • 3.4.5

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.3.7, 3.4.5 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-195: Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error

Source file

pypi/OpenEXR/CVE-2026-26981.yml

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