Is CVE-2025-48073 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-48073 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-08-13.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-48073?

CVE-2025-48073 has a CVSS score of 4.6 (MEDIUM severity). 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X.

How do I patch CVE-2025-48073?

Patch guidance is available from openexr security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-48073.

CVE-2025-48073 - remediation guidance & executive summary

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.

CVSS Metrics

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: active
Confidentiality: undefined
Integrity: undefined
Availability: undefined
Weaknesses: CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Metadata

Primary Vendor: OPENEXR
Published: 7/31/2025
Last Modified: 8/13/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

openexr : openexr

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2025-48073. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2025-48073

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CVE-2025-48073 vulnerability