CVE-2025-48071

July 31, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

8.4
High

Description

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. In versions 3.3.2 through 3.3.0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow during a write operation when decompressing ZIPS-packed deep scan-line EXR files with a maliciously forged chunk header. This is fixed in version 3.3.3.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Openexr
  • Openexr
  • 3.3.2-3.3.0, 3.3.3

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a openexr openexr 3.3.2-3.3.0 / / / / / / /
a openexr openexr 3.3.3 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/916cc729e24aa16b86d82813f6e136340ab2876f
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.3.3
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-h45x-qhg2-q375

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-122
2025-07-31
CVE-2025-48071

CVSS Score

8.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: ACTIVE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: July 31, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: July 31, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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