Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting openexr package, versions [3.2.1,3.2.8)[3.3.0,3.3.10)[3.4.2,3.4.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENEXR-16191778
  • published24 Apr 2026
  • disclosed21 Apr 2026
  • creditMedoedus

Introduced: 21 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-40250  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openexr to version 3.2.8, 3.3.10, 3.4.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the DwaCompressor_uncompress() function due to improper integer arithmetic in pointer calculations. An attacker can cause memory corruption or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying crafted EXR image files that trigger the overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1