Out-of-bounds Read in Academysoftwarefoundation Openimageio

CVE-2026-43909

OpenImageIO is a toolset for reading, writing, and manipulating image files of any image file format relevant to VFX / animation. Prior to 3.0.18.0 and 3.1.13.0, a signed 32-bit integer overflow in the loop index expression i * 4 inside SwapRGBABytes() causes the function to compute a large negative pointer offset when processing kABGR DPX images with large dimensions. The immediate crash is an out-of-bounds read (the memcpy at line 45 reads from &input[i * 4] first), but the subsequent write operations at lines 46–49 target the same wrapped offset — making this a combined OOB read+write primitive. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.18.0 and 3.1.13.0.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43909?
CVE-2026-43909 is a high-severity vulnerability in Academysoftwarefoundation Openimageio, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-43909?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.