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.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage
    format for the motion picture industry. In versions 3.3.2 through 3.3.0, there is a heap-based buffer
    overflow during a write operation when decompressing ZIPS-packed deep scan-line EXR files with a
    maliciously forged chunk header. This is fixed in version 3.3.3. (CVE-2025-48071)

  - 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. (CVE-2025-48072)

  - 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. (CVE-2025-48073)

  - 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, applications trust unvalidated dataWindow size
    values from file headers, which can lead to excessive memory allocation and performance degradation when
    processing malicious files. This is fixed in version 3.3.3. (CVE-2025-48074)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-48072)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2025-48072)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
436235	Alpine: multiple openexr packages: security update to 3.4.2-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
436235	Alpine: multiple openexr packages: security update to 3.4.2-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
251569	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-48072	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
428702	SCA: security update for OpenEXR (GHSA-4r7w-q3jg-ff43)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
428702	SCA: security update for OpenEXR (GHSA-4r7w-q3jg-ff43)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium

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CVE-2025-48072

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