Reading malicious EXR files can cause out-of-bounds writes
OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. Versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.9 have a signed integer overflow vulnerability in OpenEXR's HTJ2K (High-Throughput JPEG 2000) decompression path. The ht_undo_impl() function in src/lib/OpenEXRCore/internal_ht.cpp accumulates a bytes-per-line value (bpl) using a 32-bit signed integer with no overflow guard. A crafted EXR file with 16,385 FLOAT channels at the HTJ2K maximum width of 32,767 causes bpl to overflow INT_MAX, producing undefined behavior confirmed by UBSan. On an
allocator-permissive host where the required ~64 GB allocation succeeds, the wrapped negative bpl value would subsequently be used as a per-scanline pointer advance, which would produce a heap out-of-bounds write. On a memory-constrained host, the allocation fails before ht_undo_impl() is entered. This is the second distinct integer overflow in ht_undo_impl(). CVE-2026-34545 addressed a different overflow in the same function — the int16_t p pixel-loop counter at line ~302 that overflows when iterating over channels whose width exceeds 32,767. The CVE-2026-34545 fix did not touch the int bpl accumulator at line 211, which is the subject of this advisory. The bpl accumulator was also not addressed by any of the 8 advisories in the 2026-04-05 v3.4.9 release batch. This finding is structurally identical to CVE-2026-34588 (PIZ wcount*nx overflow in internal_piz.c) and should be remediated with the same pattern. The CVE-2026-34588 fix did not touch internal_ht.cpp. Version 3.4.10 contains a remediation that addresses the vulnerability in internal_ht.cpp.
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
JLSEC-2026-806 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
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openexr-jll has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| openexr-jll | — | — |
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