CVE-2026-55373OpenEXR: OpenEXRUtil SampleCountChannel endEdit() can loop forever on UINT_MAX sample counts
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OpenEXR is the reference implementation and specification for the EXR image format, widely used in the motion picture industry. Versions prior to 3.2.10, 3.3.12, and 3.4.13 contain an infinite-loop vulnerability in SampleCountChannel. The helper roundListSizeUp() rounds a sample-list size up to the next power of two using repeated unsigned left shifts, which terminates for normal values but fails for UINT_MAX: the sequence reaches 0x80000000, and the next left shift wraps the 32-bit value to 0. Because 0 remains less than UINT_MAX, the loop never progresses and never exits. The bug is reachable through public OpenEXRUtil APIs, either by editing the sample-count buffer through SampleCountChannel::Edit (whose destructor calls endEdit()) or by calling SampleCountChannel::set(x, y, UINT_MAX) on a valid pixel. This issue has been fixed in versions 3.2.10, 3.3.12, and 3.4.13.
- CVSS
- 6.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190, CWE-400, CWE-835
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
AcademySoftwareFoundation openexr academysoftwarefoundation:openexr (from the name) | before 3.2.10; from 3.3.0, < 3.3.12; from 3.4.0, < 3.4.13 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-mff9-68x3-h8rhx-refsource-confirm
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