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CVE-2026-65979: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr

0
Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-65979cvecve-2026-65979cwe-20cwe-125
Published: 08/25/2026 (08/25/2026, 18:58:25 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: AcademySoftwareFoundation
Product: openexr

Description

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 through 3.4.12, the HTJ2K decoder parses a header-length field (PLEN) from a chunk's compressed data but never checks that this value fits within the available buffer before using it. When decoding, it advances the codestream pointer by the attacker-supplied header size and passes the resulting offset and remaining length to the OpenJPH memory-input path, so a crafted value pushes the pointer past the end of the buffer and causes an out-of-bounds read. Because this field comes straight from attacker-controlled EXR chunk data, the flaw is reachable during normal decoding of an untrusted file. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.13.

CVSS v4.0

Score 6.7medium

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Active
Vuln. Confidentiality
None
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
High
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-07-23T18:54:15.831Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a8de7ffacd9273b4999330c

Added to database: 08/25/2026, 19:07:43 UTC

Last updated: 08/25/2026, 19:54:41 UTC

Views: 3

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