# CVE-2026-34380: OpenEXR has a signed integer overflow (undefined behavior) in undo\_pxr24\_impl may allow bounds-check bypass in PXR24 decompression

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.7, 3.3.9, 3.4.9
- Published: 2026-04-06 · Updated: 2026-05-12

## Affected

- AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr: from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.7; from 3.3.0, fixed in 3.3.9; from 3.4.0, fixed in 3.4.9

## Description

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From 3.2.0 to before 3.2.7, 3.3.9, and 3.4.9, a signed integer overflow exists in undo_pxr24_impl() in src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_pxr24.c at line 377. The expression (uint64_t)(w * 3) computes w * 3 as a signed 32-bit integer before casting to uint64_t. When w is large, this multiplication constitutes undefined behavior under the C standard. On tested builds (clang/gcc without sanitizers), two's-complement wraparound commonly occurs, and for specific values of w the wrapped result is a small positive integer, which may allow the subsequent bounds check to pass incorrectly. If the check is bypassed, the decoding loop proceeds to write pixel data through dout, potentially extending far beyond the allocated output buffer. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.7, 3.3.9, and 3.4.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.7, 3.3.9, 3.4.9) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-q3v8-hw4m-59w5
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.2.7
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.3.9
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.9

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