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CVE-2026-44663: OpenEXR: Integer overflow in the HTJ2K decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr 3.4.12.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr 3.4.12 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. In versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.11, an integer overflow in ht_undo_impl() in src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_ht.cpp leads to a heap-buffer overflow when decoding a crafted HTJ2K-compressed EXR file. decode->channels[i].width (int32_t) is multiplied by bytes_per_element in 32-bit signed arithmetic. With large widths (e.g., >= 536870912 for FLOAT data), this overflows, producing a corrupted offset that is later used for pointer arithmetic and can cause a heap out-of-bounds write. The same unchecked multiplication pattern appears in two other HTJ2K paths (bytes-per-line accumulation and pixel-line pointer advancement). As with related CVE-2026-34378 through CVE-2026-34589 fixes in other codecs, validating only after the multiplication is too late because the value may already be overflowed. This issue has been fixed in version 3.4.12.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 18, 2026
Updated
Oct 26, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 11th percentile

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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.1
CNA · GitHub_M
6.1
1.0 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
openexropenexr

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • openexr openexr3.4.0 and later · before 3.4.12

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr

    • >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.11affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.23openexrfrom 3.4.0 · before 3.4.13-r03.4.13-r0
Debian:14openexrbefore 3.4.14-0.13.4.14-0.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedopenexrbefore 3.4.12-1.13.4.12-1.1

Same product

openexr: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-5841OpenEXR Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2021-23169A heap-buffer overflow was found in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR in versions before 3.0.1.
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2017-9115In 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
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-42216May 7, 2026 · OpenEXR: Out-of-bounds read in `IDManifest::init()` during prefix expansion
    35Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-42217May 7, 2026 · OpenEXR: Shift exponent overflow in `readVariableLengthInteger()` (`ImfIDManifest.cpp`)
    25Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-45696Jun 18, 2026 · OpenEXR HTJ2K decoder heap buffer over-read in ht_undo_impl() (DoS)
    33Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr3.4.12 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
alpine:openexr3.4.13-r0 · Alpine:v3.23Package registry (OSV)
debian:openexr3.4.14-0.1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:openexr3.4.12-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-4114242 days apartOpenEXR is Vulnerable to Integer overflow in ImageChannel::resize leads to heap OOB write via OpenEXRUtil public API
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4024458 days apartOpenEXR has integer overflow in DWA setupChannelData planarUncRle pointer arithmetic (missed variant of CVE-2026-34589)
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4025058 days apartOpenEXR has integer overflow in DWA decoder outBufferEnd pointer arithmetic (missed variant of CVE-2026-34589)
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3458973 days apartOpenEXR: DWA Lossy Decoder Heap Out-of-Bounds Write
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3454478 days apartOpenEXR: integer overflow to OOB write in uncompress_b44_impl()
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2026-3437873 days apartOpenEXR has a signed integer overflow in generic_unpack() when parsing EXR files with crafted negative dataWindow.min.x
    26Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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