CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-12839

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. It requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file) and results from lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data during EXR parsing, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

A user opening a malicious EXR file or page could lead to code execution in their context, potentially compromising the system.

Recommendation

Update OpenEXR to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability, and exercise caution when opening unknown EXR files.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR EXR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of EXR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-27947.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS