SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-5841

CVE-2023-5841 — Due to a failure in validating the number of scanline samples of a OpenEXR file

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

CVSS
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EPSS
0.80% (top 26.10%)
CWE
CWE-122
Published
2024-02-01T18:28:05.892Z
Last modified
2025-11-04T16:10:52.466Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Academy Software FoundationOpenEXR0, 3.2.2, 3.1.12

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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