OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. Version 3.3.2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow during a read operation due to bad pointer math when decompressing DWAA-packed scan-line EXR files with a maliciously forged chunk. This is fixed in version 3.3.3.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Openexr
  • Openexr

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/2d09449427b13a05f7c31a98ab2c4347c23db361 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.3.3 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-4r7w-q3jg-ff43 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48072 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48072 cve-icon
History

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openexr:openexr:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openexr
Openexr openexr
Vendors & Products Openexr
Openexr openexr

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. Version 3.3.2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow during a read operation due to bad pointer math when decompressing DWAA-packed scan-line EXR files with a maliciously forged chunk. This is fixed in version 3.3.3.
Title OpenEXR's Inaccurate Pointer Arithmetic can Cause an Out of Bounds Heap
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-07-31T20:18:40.598Z

Updated: 2025-07-31T20:37:21.287Z

Reserved: 2025-05-15T16:06:40.942Z

Link: CVE-2025-48072

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-31T20:37:16.047Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-31T21:15:28.163

Modified: 2025-08-13T20:23:43.777

Link: CVE-2025-48072

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-31T20:18:40Z

Links: CVE-2025-48072 - Bugzilla