๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-44663

MEDIUM 6.1

OpenEXR: Integer overflow in the HTJ2K decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow

CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.11, an integer overflow in ht_undo_impl() in src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_ht.cpp leads to a heap-buffer overflow when decoding a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR file. decode->channels[i].width (int32_t) is multiplied by bytes_per_element in 32-bit signed arithmetic. With large widths (e.g., >= 536870912 for FLOAT data), this overflows, producing a corrupted offset that is later used for pointer arithmetic and can cause a heap out-of-bounds write. The same unchecked multiplication pattern appears in two other HTJ2K paths (bytes-per-line accumulation and pixel-line pointer advancement). As with related CVE-2026-34378 through CVE-2026-34589 fixes in other codecs, validating only after the multiplication is too late because the value may already be overflowed. This issue has been fixed in version 3.4.12.

CWE CWE-190 CWE-787
Vendor academysoftwarefoundation
Product openexr
Published Jun 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Affected Versions

AcademySoftwareFoundation / openexr
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.11

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-777r-f9x8-7r84 github.com: https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.12