Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting openexr package, versions [3.3.0,3.3.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENEXR-11356871
  • published1 Aug 2025
  • disclosed31 Jul 2025
  • creditsuidpit, TheZ3ro, nico, Abdel Adim `smaury` Oisfi

Introduced: 31 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-48071  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openexr to version 3.3.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via undo_zip_impl function during a write operation when decompressing ZIPS-packed deep scan-line EXR files. An attacker can write arbitrary data to the heap and potentially execute code by supplying a specially crafted EXR file with a forged chunk header.

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CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1