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CVE-2026-43907 json

OpenImageIO: Integer overflow in QueryRGBBufferSizeInternal leads to heap out-of-bounds write in DPX decoder (kCbYCr and kABGR)

published 5mo ago modified 15d ago also EUVD-2026-30410

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenImageIO is a toolset for reading, writing, and manipulating image files of any image file format relevant to VFX / animation. Prior to 3.0.18.0 and 3.1.13.0, a signed integer overflow in QueryRGBBufferSizeInternal() in DPXColorConverter.cpp leads to a heap-based out-of-bounds write when processing crafted DPX image files. The function computes buffer sizes using 32-bit signed integer arithmetic with negative multipliers (e.g., pixels * -3 * bytes for kCbYCr descriptors and pixels * -4 * bytes for kABGR descriptors), where a negative result is used as an in-band signal that no separate buffer is needed. When the pixel count is sufficiently large, the multiplication overflows INT_MIN and wraps to a small positive value. The caller in dpxinput.cpp interprets this positive value as a required buffer size, allocates an undersized heap buffer via m_decodebuf.resize(), and then writes the full image data into it via fread, resulting in a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a DPX file that triggers the overflow, causing a denial of service (crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution through heap corruption in any application that reads pixel data using OpenImageIO. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.18.0 and 3.1.13.0.

Patch / fix

  • openimageio openimageio 3.0.18.0, 3.1.13.0
  • openimageio Debian 14 3.1.18.0+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43907

  • openimageio Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.6.11~dfsg0-1ubuntu1+esm2
  • openimageio Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.7.17~dfsg0-1ubuntu2+esm1
  • openimageio Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 2.1.12.0~dfsg0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • openimageio Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 2.4.17.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • openimageio Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS 2.5.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43907

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-43907 updated cvss 8.8

OpenImageIO: OpenImageIO: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted DPX image files

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO/security/advisories/GHSA-cq46-hp4h-cvfr referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenImageIO

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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