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CVE-2025-48073 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/security/advisories/GHSA-qhpm-86v7-phmm GitHub, Inc. Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/ShielderSec/poc/tree/main/CVE-2025-48073 GitHub, Inc. Exploit 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-48073
NVD Published Date:
07/31/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/13/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.