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CVE-2026-42217

OpenEXR: Shift exponent overflow in `readVariableLengthInteger()` (`ImfIDManifest.cpp`)

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: no
  • 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, readVariableLengthInteger() decodes a variable-length integer from untrusted EXR input without bounding the shift count. After enough continuation bytes, the code executes a left shift by 70 on a 64-bit value, which is undefined behavior. 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: no · 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 3

GitHub · AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr