Integer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2026-44663

 

Integer overflow in OpenEXR - CVE-2026-44663

Published: May 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU132248
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-44663
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 and modify data integrity.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in ht_undo_impl() in src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_ht.cpp when decoding a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a crafted file to cause a denial of service and modify data integrity.

User interaction is required to open a crafted file.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-44663

Install security update from vendor's website.

Sources