# CVE-2026-40244: OpenEXR has integer overflow in DWA setupChannelData planarUncRle pointer arithmetic (missed variant of CVE-2026-34589)

- 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=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.8, 3.3.10, 3.4.10
- Published: 2026-04-21 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr: from 3.2.0, fixed in 3.2.8; from 3.3.0, fixed in 3.3.10; from 3.4.0, fixed in 3.4.10

## Description

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. In versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.9, 3.3.0 through 3.3.9, and 3.2.0 through 3.2.7, `internal_dwa_compressor.h:1722` performs `curc->width * curc->height` in `int32` arithmetic without a `(size_t)` cast. This is the same overflow pattern fixed in other locations by the recent CVE-2026-34589 batch, but this line was missed. Versions 3.4.10, 3.3.10, and 3.2.8 contain a fix that addresses `internal_dwa_compressor.h:1722`.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.8, 3.3.10, 3.4.10) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-j526-66f6-fxhx
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.2.8
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.3.10
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.10

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