Buffer Overflow Affecting openexr package, versions [3.2.3,3.3.6)[3.4.0,3.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OPENEXR-13876683
  • published11 Nov 2025
  • disclosed10 Nov 2025
  • creditJoshua Rogers

Introduced: 10 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-64182  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade OpenEXR to version 3.3.6, 3.4.3 or higher.

Overview

OpenEXR is a Python bindings for the OpenEXR image file format

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the channels and channel functions in the legacy Python adapter. An attacker can cause application crashes or achieve code execution by opening specially crafted EXR files or passing malicious Python objects.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1