Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2026-34545
Published: April 8, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU125328
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-34545
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenEXR
Affected software:
OpenEXR
OpenEXR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in the HTJ2K decoder in internal_ht.cpp when parsing a crafted EXR file with HTJ2K compression. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted EXR file to execute arbitrary code.
User interaction is required to open or otherwise process the crafted file.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-34545
Install security update from vendor's website.