CVE-2025-48073
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Publication date: 2025-07-31

Last updated on: 2025-08-13

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

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, when reading a deep scanline image with a large sample count in reduceMemory mode, it is possible to crash a target application with a NULL pointer dereference in a write operation. This is fixed in version 3.3.3.
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Published
2025-07-31
Last Modified
2025-08-13
Generated
2026-05-07
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2025-07-31
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
NVD
CVE-2025-48073
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Vendor Product Version / Range
openexr openexr 3.3.2
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CWE ID Description
CWE-476 The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability occurs in OpenEXR version 3.3.2 when reading a deep scanline image with a large sample count in reduceMemory mode. It can cause a target application to crash due to a NULL pointer dereference during a write operation. This issue was fixed in version 3.3.3.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The vulnerability can cause applications using OpenEXR 3.3.2 to crash unexpectedly when processing certain deep scanline images, potentially leading to denial of service or disruption of normal operations.


What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?

Upgrade OpenEXR to version 3.3.3 or later, as this version contains the fix for the NULL pointer dereference vulnerability present in version 3.3.2.


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