Out-of-bounds Read 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
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENEXR-16438296
  • published7 May 2026
  • disclosed7 May 2026
  • creditm1-llie

Introduced: 7 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-42216  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Out-of-bounds Read in the IDManifest::init process during prefix expansion. An attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read by providing a crafted prefix-compressed string where the code attempts to access bytes that do not exist in the current string.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1