OpenEXR: PyOpenEXR deep prefixed RGB stale lane disclosure (AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr)

CVE-2026-62986
MEDIUM 4.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.38 % Β· percentile 32 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Deferred

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 return stale heap data when reading a crafted deep scanline EXR that uses layer-prefixed RGB channels. With the default channel coalescing (separate_channels=False), the wrapper groups channels such as left.R, left.G, and left.B into a single RGB sample array, but the lane-offset calculation in PyPart::setDeepSliceData() only recognizes the exact unprefixed names G, B, and A. As a result, prefixed channels like left.G and left.B are decoded into lane 0 while lanes 1 and 2 are left uninitialized and returned to Python. A Python application that reads untrusted deep EXR files through the default OpenEXR.File API and then logs, serializes, previews, or otherwise processes the resulting NumPy sample arrays may expose uninitialized same-process heap contents, in addition to receiving incorrect green and blue channel data. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.13 and 3.4.14.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-200 β€” Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-457 β€” Use of Uninitialized Variable
  • CWE-908 β€” Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NNVD Β· security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

European references

Affected products

ProductVersions
AcademySoftwareFoundation Β· openexraffected >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.13 ; affected >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.14

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST β€” attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA β€” reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain β€” this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD