CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68516

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.25%

16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs

Summary

OpenEXR versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.13 are vulnerable to a crash when decoding crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR files, due to invalid tile geometry in the OpenJPH AVX2 decoder, causing a stack out-of-bounds write and denial of service. Fixed in 3.4.14.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes remote attackers causing crashes in applications using OpenEXR, leading to service disruption and potential data loss.

Recommendation

Update OpenEXR to 3.4.14 or later and avoid processing untrusted EXR files until patched.

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Original NVD description (English source)

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR can crash OpenEXR during normal decode. An HTJ2K-compressed EXR whose JPEG 2000 SIZ fields place the first tile outside the visible image can reach invalid tile and codeblock geometry in the vendored OpenJPH AVX2 decoder, causing a stack out-of-bounds write and denial of service. OpenEXR's HTJ2K path validates the decoded codestream dimensions against the EXR chunk size, but it does not reject SIZ image-offset/tile-grid geometry where the first tile does not intersect the image. This issue is fixed in version 3.4.14.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS