Medium severity · published Jul 31, 2025
CVE-2025-48073
OpenEXR ScanLineProcess::run_fill NULL Pointer Write In "reduceMemory" Mode
6.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
openexr · AcademySoftwareFoundation
>= 3.3.2, < 3.3.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48073
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48073
Exploit
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-qhpm-86v7-phmm
Exploit
https://github.com/ShielderSec/poc/tree/main/CVE-2025-48073
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