CVE-2026-43909

OpenImageIO: Signed integer overflow in SwapRGBABytes loop index leads to out-of-bounds read/write in DPX ABGR decoder

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 14, 2026 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 02:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenImageIOOpenImageIO

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.0.18.0
Affected range stops below 3.0.18.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.1.13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (1)

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CVSS

8.8HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-190CWE-787

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