High severity · published Apr 1, 2026
CVE-2026-34545
OpenEXR: integer overflow lead to OOB in HTJ2K decoder
7.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From version 3.4.0 to before version 3.4.7, an attacker providing a crafted .exr file with HTJ2K compression and a channel width of 32768 can write controlled data beyond the output heap buffer in any application that decodes EXR images. The write primitive is 2 bytes per overflow iteration or 4 bytes (by another path), repeating for each additional pixel past the overflow point. In this context, a heap write overflow can lead to remote code execution on systems. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.7.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
openexr · AcademySoftwareFoundation
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.7 · source: vendor, NVD
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34545
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34545
Patch
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/3827998f5c041d6a94c6af24bbb363daa669e4b3
Product
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.4.7
Exploit
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-ghfj-fx47-wg97
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34545
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454139
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-34545.json
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