Vulnerabilities

Security fix · CVE-2025-48074

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry.

Published Aug 1, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 1, 2025 · AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenEXR

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48074. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenEXR is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.27%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenEXR 3.3.2, < 3.3.3

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenEXR 3.3.2, < 3.3.33.3.2, < 3.3.3

How to fix CVE-2025-48074

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-48074. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenEXR is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with AcademySoftwareFoundation OpenEXR 3.3.2, < 3.3.3 3.3.2, < 3.3.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.27%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Aug 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48074

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-48074

    30-day exploitation probability 0.27%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23375

    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 allocatio

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 21, 2026