Integer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2026-34378

 

Integer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2026-34378

Published: April 8, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU125333
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-34378
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenEXR
Affected software:
OpenEXR

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in generic_unpack() when parsing crafted EXR files with a negative dataWindow.min.x value. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted EXR file to cause a denial of service.

User interaction is required to open or process the crafted EXR file.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-34378

Install security update from vendor's website.

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