Use of Uninitialized Variable The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr (opens in a new tab)
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- published11 Nov 2025
- disclosed10 Nov 2025
- creditAldo Ristori
Introduced: 10 Nov 2025
CVE-2025-64181 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
This was deemed not a vulnerability.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable via the generic_unpack function. An attacker can trigger undefined behavior or cause a crash by providing specially crafted input that leads to the use of uninitialized memory.
PoC
The archive includes the test executable and a bug-triggering testcase. To see the bug, run the OSS-Fuzz helper script:
git clone https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz.git cd oss-fuzzpython3 infra/helper.py build_image openexr python3 infra/helper.py build_fuzzers --sanitizer=none openexr python3 infra/helper.py shell openexr
apt update && apt install -y valgrind ulimit -n 65535 valgrind --tool=memcheck --track-origins=yes /out/openexr_exrcheck_fuzzer /path/to/poc