# CVE-2026-88384: OpenEXR 3.4.14 contains a NULL Pointer Dereference in the C++ attribute parsing path.

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

OpenEXR 3.4.14 contains a NULL Pointer Dereference in the C++ attribute parsing path. A specially crafted EXR file containing an unknown-type attribute with dataSize set to zero causes the parser to create an opaque attribute with a NULL packed_data pointer. The OpaqueAttribute constructor passes the NULL pointer to memcpy() without validating the zero-size condition, resulting in undefined behavior and process termination, leading to denial of service.

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## References

- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/issues/2612
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/2615
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/2615/changes/70ddecfe82d2566f3776b8ed923939afd47baca2

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