Heap corruption via integer-overflowed B44 row pointer
Published Apr 1, 2026 · Updated Apr 1, 2026
Out-of-bounds write in OpenEXR 3.4.0 through 3.4.7 allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a crafted B44 or B44A EXR file. In uncompress_b44_impl(), signed int multiplication of y by channel width nx wraps row0 before its allocated scratch buffer, after which memcpy writes decoded blocks through invalid row pointers. Exploitation requires an application or user to decode the crafted file; an immediate crash is most likely, while adjacent heap corruption depends on memory layout.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in OpenEXR 3.4.0 through 3.4.7 allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a crafted B44 or B44A EXR file. In uncompress_b44_impl(), signed int multiplication of y by channel width nx wraps row0 before its allocated scratch buffer, after which memcpy writes decoded blocks through invalid row pointers. Exploitation requires an application or user to decode the crafted file; an immediate crash is most likely, while adjacent heap corruption depends on memory layout.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-34544
- Published
- Apr 1, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 1, 2026
- Vendor
- Academy Software Foundation
- Product
- OpenEXR
- Classifications
- CWE-787, CWE-190, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.8
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