OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. In version 3.3.2, applications trust unvalidated dataWindow size values from file headers, which can lead to excessive memory allocation and performance degradation when processing malicious files. 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 None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-x22w-82jp-8rvf cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/ShielderSec/poc/tree/main/CVE-2025-48074 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48074 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48074 cve-icon
History

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Low

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:45:00 +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. In version 3.3.2, applications trust unvalidated dataWindow size values from file headers, which can lead to excessive memory allocation and performance degradation when processing malicious files. This is fixed in version 3.3.3.
Title OpenEXR's Unbounded File Header Values can Lead to Out-Of-Memory Errors
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-01T17:09:00.696Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-48074

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-01T17:08:51.656Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-01T17:15:52.193

Modified: 2025-08-13T19:18:13.987

Link: CVE-2025-48074

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-08-01T16:32:54Z

Links: CVE-2025-48074 - Bugzilla