Integer overflow in AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenImageIO
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
OpenImageIO is a toolset for reading, writing, and manipulating image files of any image file format relevant to VFX / animation. Prior to 3.0.18.0 and 3.1.13.0, a signed integer overflow in QueryRGBBufferSizeInternal() in DPXColorConverter.cpp leads to a heap-based out-of-bounds write when processing crafted DPX image files. The function computes buffer sizes using 32-bit signed integer arithmetic with negative multipliers (e.g., pixels * -3 * bytes for kCbYCr descriptors and pixels * -4 * bytes for kABGR descriptors), where a negative result is used as an in-band signal that no separate buffer is needed. When the pixel count is sufficiently large, the multiplication overflows INT_MIN and wraps to a small positive value. The caller in dpxinput.cpp interprets this positive value as a required buffer size, allocates an undersized heap buffer via m_decodebuf.resize(), and then writes the full image data into it via fread, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a DPX file that triggers the overflow, causing a denial of service (crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution through heap corruption in any application that reads pixel data using OpenImageIO. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.18.0 and 3.1.13.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AcademySoftwareFoundation | OpenImageIO | before 3.0.18.0; 3.1.4.0-beta to before 3.1.13.0 | 3.0.18.0, 3.1.13.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- OpenImageIO VendorAcademySoftwareFoundation Affected before 3.0.18.0; 3.1.4.0-beta to before 3.1.13.0 Fixed in 3.0.18.0, 3.1.13.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:openimageio:openimageio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.0.18.0; 3.1.4.0 to before 3.1.13.0 | Vulnerable | OpenImageIO Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:openimageio:openimageio:3.2.0.2:dev:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.2.0.2 dev | Vulnerable | OpenImageIO Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:openimageio:openimageio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.0.18.0; 3.1.4.0 to before 3.1.13.0 Vulnerable ·OpenImageIO Project
- cpe:2.3:a:openimageio:openimageio:3.2.0.2:dev:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.0.2 dev Vulnerable ·OpenImageIO Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenImageIO (AcademySoftwareFoundation) Fixed in 3.0.18.0, 3.1.13.0
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-43907
References
More AcademySoftwareFoundation vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-43907 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-43907 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-43907 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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