# CVE-2026-42450: OpenColorIO vulnerable to stack buffer overflow via unbounded \`sscanf %s\` in Spi3D (.spi3d) LUT parser

- 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=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.2
- Published: 2026-06-24 · Updated: 2026-06-24

## Affected

- AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenColorIO: fixed in 2.5.2

## Description

OpenColorIO is a color management framework for visual effects and animation. Prior to version 2.5.2, `FileFormatSpi3D.cpp:163` uses `sscanf` with `%s` into 64-byte stack buffers when parsing LUT data lines. Input comes from `lineBuffer[4096]`, so a crafted .spi3d file can overflow by ~4000 bytes on non-Windows. Version 2.5.2 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenColorIO, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/security/advisories/GHSA-rxp3-rrgx-f547
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO/releases/tag/v2.5.2

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