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CVE-2026-42216

OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in `IDManifest::init()` during prefix expansion

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.2.9, 3.3.11, 3.4.11
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11, IDManifest::init() reconstructs strings from a prefix-compressed representation. If the previous string is longer than 255 bytes, the next string is expected to begin with a 2-byte prefix length. The code reads stringList[i][0] and stringList[i][1] without checking that the current string has at least two bytes. This issue has been patched in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.2.9; From 3.3.0 · fixed in 3.3.11; From 3.4.0 · fixed in 3.4.11

References 1

GitHub · AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr