CVE-2017-14988: Openexr

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp. NOTE: The maintainer and multiple third parties believe that this vulnerability isn't valid

Affected products

• Openexr Openexr: version 2.2.0 only

Published 2017-10-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.