openexr — security advisory

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  "id": "8bae8b33af953e1fe4d11a62d28de57cff85a9e4668725a194a2ccc6ad5ac84f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48072",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48072",
    "summary": "OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. Version 3.3.2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow during a read operation due to bad pointer math when decompressing DWAA-packed scan-line EXR files with a maliciously forged chunk. This is fixed in version 3.3.3.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48072",
    "products": [
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          {
            "value": "3.1.13-2",
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        "name": {
          "value": "openexr",
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        "prerequisites": [],
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        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.1.13-2build1",
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          {
            "value": "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3",
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        "name": {
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            "value": "3.1.13-2",
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          {
            "value": "3.1.13-2build1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1",
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          }
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    ],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48072"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openexr",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "3.1.13-2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "libopenexr-3-1-30",
                "binary_version": "3.1.13-2"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "openexr",
                "binary_version": "3.1.13-2"
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "3.1.13-2build1",
            "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "libopenexr-3-4-33",
                "binary_version": "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "openexr",
                "binary_version": "3.4.6+ds-4ubuntu3"
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "openexr",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openexr?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fresolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "3.1.13-2",
            "3.1.13-2build1",
            "3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "libopenexr-3-1-30",
                "binary_version": "3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "openexr",
                "binary_version": "3.1.13-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:57:04.659291230Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2025-48072"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-48072",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48072",
        "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-4r7w-q3jg-ff43",
        "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/2d09449427b13a05f7c31a98ab2c4347c23db361",
        "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.3.3"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-48072",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 356700,
  "published_at": "2025-07-31T21:15:00+00:00"
}