CVE-2026-55059

OpenEXR: OpenEXRUtil SampleCountChannel row setter heap has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
6.1 Medium
Published
Aug 25, 2026
Updated
Aug 27, 2026
Reserved
Jun 16, 2026

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Description

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. Versions prior to 3.2.10, 3.3.12 and 3.4.13 contain a heap out-of-bounds write in Imf_4_0::SampleCountChannel::set(int r, unsigned int newNumSamples[]). The row-based sample-count setter computes the target Y coordinate with dataWindow.min.x instead of dataWindow.min.y. For a valid deep image data window where min.x != min.y, a valid row index can be translated into an invalid Y coordinate, causing writes before the allocated _numSamples buffer. The vulnerability is reachable through the public OpenEXRUtil DeepImage API and can lead to heap corruption and process crashes. This issue has been fixed in versions 3.2.10, 3.3.12 and 3.4.13.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openexrAcademySoftwareFoundation
  • < 3.2.10Affected
  • >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.12Affected
  • >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.13Affected

References

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