CVE-2025-64183: academysoftwarefoundation openexr Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-64183 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Use After Free vulnerability in academysoftwarefoundation openexr. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 10-11-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 14-11-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenEXR provides the specification and reference implementation of the EXR file format, an image storage format for the motion picture industry. In versions 3.2.0 through 3.2.4, 3.3.0 through 3.3.5, and 3.4.0 through 3.4.2, there is a use-after-free in PyObject_StealAttrString of pyOpenEXR_old.cpp. The legacy adapter defines PyObject_StealAttrString that calls PyObject_GetAttrString to obtain a new reference, immediately decrefs it, and returns the pointer. Callers then pass this dangling pointer to APIs like PyLong_AsLong/PyFloat_AsDouble, resulting in a use-after-free. This is invoked in multiple places (e.g., reading PixelType.v, Box2i, V2f, etc.) Versions 3.2.5, 3.3.6, and 3.4.3 fix the issue.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.