CVE-2026-44663

MEDIUM

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.11
openexr/openexr 3.4.0 - 3.4.12
Published Jun 18, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 19, 2026