# CVE-2025-48071: OpenEXR's Forged Unpacked Size can Lead to Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Deep Scanline Parsing

- Also known as: GHSA-H45X-QHG2-Q375, PYSEC-2026-1747
- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.3
- Published: 2025-07-31 · Updated: 2025-07-31

## Affected

- AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr: from 3.3.0, fixed in 3.3.3
- openexr (PyPI): from 3.3.0, fixed in 3.3.3

## Description

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. In versions 3.3.2 through 3.3.0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow during a write operation when decompressing ZIPS-packed deep scan-line EXR files with a maliciously forged chunk header. This is fixed in version 3.3.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr, openexr, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-h45x-qhg2-q375
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/916cc729e24aa16b86d82813f6e136340ab2876f
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.3.3

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