CVE-2026-42216
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11, IDManifest::init() reconstructs strings from a prefix-compressed representation. If the previous string is longer than 255 bytes, the next string is expected to begin with a 2-byte prefix length. The code reads stringList[i][0] and stringList[i][1] without checking that the current string has at least two bytes. This issue has been patched in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AcademySoftwareFoundation | openexr | >= 3.0.0, < 3.2.9 | affected |
| AcademySoftwareFoundation | openexr | >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.11 | affected |
| AcademySoftwareFoundation | openexr | >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.11 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
Additional References
OpenEXR: OpenEXR: Information disclosure and denial of service via malformed EXR files
Additional References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42216
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467633
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42216.json
References
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