Resource exhaustion in Cimg

CVE-2022-1325

A flaw was found in Clmg, where with the help of a maliciously crafted pandore or bmp file with modified dx and dy header field values it is possible to trick the application into allocating huge buffer sizes like 64 Gigabyte upon reading the file from disk or from a virtual buffer.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Cimg
  • N/a Clmg — versions Fixed in v3.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1325?
CVE-2022-1325 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cimg, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-1325?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1325 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.