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CVE-2026-68514: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-68514cvecve-2026-68514cwe-122cwe-787
Published: 08/25/2026 (08/25/2026, 19:40:04 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: AcademySoftwareFoundation
Product: openexr

Description

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.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.5medium

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

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-07-30T16:19:08.082Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a8df28cacd9273b49a4bf8c

Added to database: 08/25/2026, 19:52:44 UTC

Last updated: 08/25/2026, 20:59:07 UTC

Views: 5

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