Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2026
CVE-2026-68514
OpenEXR: Heap buffer overflow in PyOpenEXR from literal/prefixed RGB channel name collision in deep images
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image file format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.12 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.13, the PyOpenEXR Python bindings contain a heap out-of-bounds write triggered when reading a crafted deep scanline EXR file. When a deep file declares a literal channel named left alongside layer-prefixed RGB channels left.R, left.G, and left.B, the wrapper processes the literal left channel first and allocates a scalar deep sample array for it, then reuses that same array as the coalesced destination for the prefixed RGB group. The deep reader registers sample slices with an RGB stride (three lanes) into storage that was allocated with scalar shape, so decoding the deep samples writes past the allocation. Opening such a file through the default public Python API, OpenEXR.File(path), causes a heap buffer overflow during normal deep sample decode, leading to memory corruption and a crash. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.13 and 3.4.14.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
openexr · AcademySoftwareFoundation
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.13; >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.14 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68514
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68514
github.com
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/c1f3ec0d91cfa5a8035ecd00920835ac76e01640
github.com
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/d134e3cd81a2e343f2919e86bf949f576b1ab16a
github.com
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-mw28-66qc-c883
More from openexr
9.8
CVE-2026-42217
OpenEXR: Shift exponent overflow in `readVariableLengthInteger()` (`ImfIDManifest.cpp`)
9.1
CVE-2026-42216
OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in `IDManifest::init()` during prefix expansion
9.1
CVE-2025-48072
OpenEXR's Inaccurate Pointer Arithmetic can Cause an Out of Bounds Heap
8.8
CVE-2026-41142
OpenEXR is Vulnerable to Integer overflow in ImageChannel::resize leads to heap OOB write via OpenEXRUtil public API
7.8
CVE-2026-34588
OpenEXR has a signed 32-bit Overflow in PIZ Decoder Leads to OOB Read/Write
