CVE-2026-26981

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. In versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.6 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.4, a heap-buffer-overflow (OOB read) occurs in the `istream_nonparallel_read` function in `ImfContextInit.cpp` when parsing a malformed EXR file through a memory-mapped `IStream`. A signed integer subtraction produces a negative value that is implicitly converted to `size_t`, resulting in a massive length being passed to `memcpy`. Versions 3.3.7 and 3.4.5 contain a patch.
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History

25 Feb 2026, 17:30

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Summary
  • (es) OpenEXR proporciona la especificación y la implementación de referencia del formato de archivo EXR, un formato de almacenamiento de imágenes para la industria cinematográfica. En las versiones 3.3.0 a 3.3.6 y 3.4.0 a 3.4.4, ocurre un desbordamiento de búfer de pila (lectura fuera de límites) en la función `istream_nonparallel_read` en `ImfContextInit.cpp` al analizar un archivo EXR malformado a través de un `IStream` mapeado en memoria. Una resta de enteros con signo produce un valor negativo que se convierte implícitamente a `size_t`, lo que resulta en una longitud masiva que se pasa a `memcpy`. Las versiones 3.3.7 y 3.4.5 contienen un parche.
References () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/6bb2ddf1068573d073edf81270a015b38cc05cef - () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/6bb2ddf1068573d073edf81270a015b38cc05cef - Patch
References () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d2be382758adc3e9ab83a3de35138ec28d93ebd8 - () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d2be382758adc3e9ab83a3de35138ec28d93ebd8 - Patch
References () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-q6vj-wxvf-5m8c - () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-q6vj-wxvf-5m8c - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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Information

Published : 2026-02-24 03:16

Updated : 2026-02-25 17:30


NVD link : CVE-2026-26981

Mitre link : CVE-2026-26981

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-26981


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Products Affected

openexr

  • openexr
CWE
CWE-195

Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error