CVE-2026-61555
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs
Summary
OpenEXR versions before 3.2.11, 3.3.0-3.3.12, and 3.4.0-3.4.13 have a crash vulnerability when processing a crafted EXR with an empty multiView header attribute. The viewFromChannelName() function indexes an empty vector, leading to a crash.
Risk Assessment
Opening a malicious EXR file can cause an application crash, posing a denial-of-service risk.
Recommendation
Update OpenEXR to version 3.2.11, 3.3.13, or 3.4.14, which include the fix.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenEXR
See all- CVE-2017-12596High
In OpenEXR 2.2.0, a crafted image causes a heap-based buffer over-read in the hufDecode function in IlmImf/ImfHuf.cpp during exrmaketiled execution; it may result in denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
- CVE-2017-9115High
In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 2 in the = operator function in half.h could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code.
- CVE-2017-9113High
In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 1 in the bufferedReadPixels function in ImfInputFile.cpp could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code.
- CVE-2017-9111High
In OpenEXR 2.2.0, an invalid write of size 8 in the storeSSE function in ImfOptimizedPixelReading.h could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code.
- CVE-2026-42217Critical
OpenEXR versions from 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11 have an issue with the readVariableLengthInteger() function that decodes a variable-length integer from untrusted EXR input without bounding the shift count. After enough continuation bytes, the code executes a left shift by 70 on a 64-bit value, leading to undefined behavior.
- CVE-2026-42216Critical
In OpenEXR versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11, a vulnerability exists in the IDManifest::init() function. When reconstructing strings from a prefix-compressed representation, the code reads bytes without verifying that the current string has at least two bytes, potentially causing an out-of-bounds read.
- CVE-2026-68515High
OpenEXR before versions 3.2.11, 3.3.13, and 3.4.14 contains a vulnerability in the exrmultiview utility that can write past a heap allocation when combining two attacker-supplied, individually valid scanline EXR files whose union dataWindow is not aligned to one view's channel subsampling. This leads to a heap out-of-bounds write.
- CVE-2026-68514Medium
PyOpenEXR versions 3.3.0-3.3.12 and 3.4.0-3.4.13 have a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability when reading a crafted deep scanline EXR file. A specially crafted file with a 'left' channel and layer-prefixed RGB channels can cause a buffer overflow and crash.
- CVE-2026-68513High
OpenEXR versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.12 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13 contain a heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR triggered by a channel-name key collision between literal and prefixed RGB channels. A crafted EXR file can cause an out-of-bounds write in a NumPy array during pixel decoding.
- CVE-2026-59981High
OpenEXR versions through 3.2.10, 3.3.0 through 3.3.12, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13 contain a vulnerability in the OpenEXRUtil library that returns an out-of-bounds pointer from the SampleCountChannel::row() API for deep images with a non-zero dataWindow origin. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read, potentially causing a process crash or disclosure of memory data.
Original NVD description (English source)
OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. OpenEXR versions before 3.2.11, 3.3.0 through 3.3.12, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13 are vulnerable to crashing. This occurs when Imf::GetChannelsInMultiPartFile() processes a crafted EXR with an empty multiView header attribute and Imf::viewFromChannelName() indexes the empty vector for a dotless channel name. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.11, 3.3.13, and 3.4.14.

