CVE-2026-45696

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.11, the HTJ2K (High-Throughput JPEG 2000) decoder, ht_undo_impl() in OpenEXRCore is vulnerable to a heap-buffer-overflow READ. The ht_undo_imp function copies decoded pixels out of a per-line OpenJPH buffer using the EXR channel's declared width as the iteration count. The codestream embedded in the EXR chunk can declare different (smaller) tile/line dimensions than the EXR header advertises, but ht_undo_impl() does not validate this — it pulls width 32-bit samples from cur_line->i32[] without checking the OpenJPH line buffer's actual length. A crafted EXR file produces a 4-byte heap-buffer-overflow READ immediately after a buffer allocated by ojph::local::codestream::finalize_alloc(). The bug is reachable through the standard scanline-decode entry point used by every consumer of exr_decoding_run/Imf::checkOpenEXRFile, including thumbnailers, asset pipelines, and the exrcheck utility — i.e. any application that opens untrusted EXR files. The result is a deterministic crash (DoS) and potential adjacent-heap leak. This issue has been fixed in version 3.4.12.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 Jun 2026, 03:20

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References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45696 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490597 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45696.json -
CWE CWE-125

26 Jun 2026, 02:08

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Openexr
Openexr openexr
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5
References () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.12 - () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.12 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-gjpj-qv64-vwhf - () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-gjpj-qv64-vwhf - Exploit, Vendor Advisory

22 Jun 2026, 18:16

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References () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-gjpj-qv64-vwhf - () https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-gjpj-qv64-vwhf -

18 Jun 2026, 21:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-18 21:16

Updated : 2026-07-15 02:22


NVD link : CVE-2026-45696

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45696

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45696


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Products Affected

openexr

  • openexr
CWE
CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read