CVE-2023-5841

OpenEXR Heap Overflow in Scanline Deep Data Parsing

Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file containing deep scanline data, Academy Software Foundation OpenEX image parsing library version 3.2.1 and prior is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue was resolved as of versions v3.2.2 and v3.1.12 of the affected library.

Affected

Academy Software Foundation · OpenEXR

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 69th percentile

Published

2024-02-01

Updated

2025-11-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-5841.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry