Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting openexr package, versions [3.1.4,3.2.9)[3.3.0,3.3.11)[3.4.2,3.4.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENEXR-16438294
  • published7 May 2026
  • disclosed7 May 2026
  • creditm1-llie

Introduced: 7 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-42217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openexr to version 3.2.9, 3.3.11, 3.4.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound via the readVariableLengthInteger function. An attacker can trigger undefined behavior and potentially execute arbitrary code by providing specially crafted EXR input that causes excessive left shifts.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1