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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cimg
- Clmg — versions Fixed in v3.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- huntr.dev/bounties/a5e4fc45-8f14-4dd1-811b-740fc50c95d2/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/GreycLab/CImg/issues/343 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/GreycLab/CImg/pull/348 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/GreycLab/CImg/commit/619cb58dd90b4e03ac68286c70ed98acbefd1c90 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1325 (Broken Link)
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.