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Medium 6.3Published May 7, 2026

CVE-2026-42217OpenEXR: Shift exponent overflow in `readVariableLengthInteger()` (`ImfIDManifest.cpp`)

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. From versions 3.0.0 to before 3.2.9, 3.3.0 to before 3.3.11, and 3.4.0 to before 3.4.11, readVariableLengthInteger() decodes a variable-length integer from untrusted EXR input without bounding the shift count. After enough continuation bytes, the code executes a left shift by 70 on a 64-bit value, which is undefined behavior. This issue has been patched in versions 3.2.9, 3.3.11, and 3.4.11.

CVSS
6.3 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-190
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
May 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr
academysoftwarefoundation:openexr (from the name)
from 3.0.0, < 3.2.9; from 3.3.0, < 3.3.11; from 3.4.0, < 3.4.11
CNA record
openexr openexr
openexr:openexr
from 3.0.0 before 3.2.9; from 3.3.0 before 3.3.11; from 3.4.0 before 3.4.11
NVD

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References

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