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TI-2026-42337 Aliases CVE-2026-59187

OpenEXR: exrmetrics deep pixelmode heap buffer overflow

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. OpenEXR versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.12 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13 are vulnerable to a heap out-of-bounds write when exrmetrics reads a crafted deep scanline EXR. This occurs with pixel conversion options such as --pixelmode float or --bench because DeepSlice requests FLOAT output while the backing sample buffers are allocated using the input HALF element size. The issue is fixed in versions 3.3.13 and 3.4.14.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00402 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed openexr (AcademySoftwareFoundation): 3.3.13, 3.4.14

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AcademySoftwareFoundationopenexr3.3.0 to before 3.3.13; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.143.3.13, 3.4.14Patch availableCNA
  • openexr VendorAcademySoftwareFoundation Affected 3.3.0 to before 3.3.13; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.14 Fixed in 3.3.13, 3.4.14 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Academy Software Foundation

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA openexr (AcademySoftwareFoundation) Fixed in 3.3.13, 3.4.14

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59187

References

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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