TI-2026-29044 Aliases CVE-2026-40250

OpenEXR has integer overflow in DWA decoder outBufferEnd pointer arithmetic (missed variant of CVE-2026-34589)

LOW 39CWE-190Published 2026-04-21 · Updated 2026-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Active
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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:1040` performs `chan->width * chan->bytes_per_element` in `int32` arithmetic without a `(size_t)` cast. This is the same overflow pattern fixed in other decoders by CVE-2026-34589/34588/34544, 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:1040`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0045 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial openexr (AcademySoftwareFoundation): 3.2.8, 3.3.10, 3.4.10Red Hat: 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
AcademySoftwareFoundation	openexr	3.2.0 to before 3.2.8; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.10; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.10	3.2.8, 3.3.10, 3.4.10	Patch available	CNA

openexr VendorAcademySoftwareFoundation Affected 3.2.0 to before 3.2.8; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.10; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.10 Fixed in 3.2.8, 3.3.10, 3.4.10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr::::::::	3.2.0 to before 3.2.8; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.10; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.10	Vulnerable	Academy Software Foundation

cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.0 to before 3.2.8; 3.3.0 to before 3.3.10; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.10 Vulnerable ·Academy Software Foundation

Remediation

Fix · CNA openexr (AcademySoftwareFoundation) Fixed in 3.2.8, 3.3.10, 3.4.10

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40250

References

Advisory 1

https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-m5qw-23x2-6phj

Other 3

TI-2026-30739 OpenColorIO vulnerable to stack buffer overflow via unbounded `sscanf %s` in Spi3D (.spi3d) LUT parser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
TI-2026-38605 OpenEXR: Unhandled assert abort in HTJ2K decoder via crafted QCD marker (DoS) CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
TI-2026-48281 OpenEXR: Heap out-of-bounds write in exrmultiview with subsampled channel union CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2026-48279 OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR from literal/prefixed RGB channel name collision CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2026-42768 OpenEXR: Heap OOB read in SampleCountChannel row when using nonzero dataWindow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2026-42338 OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in DeepImageChannel::row() for non-zero dataWindow origin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1

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Sources

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