What is CVE-2022-29465?

CVE-2022-29465 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Accusoft Imagegear, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-29465?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-29465 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Accusoft Imagegear

CVE-2022-29465

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the PSD Header processing memory allocation functionality of Accusoft ImageGear 20.0. A specially-crafted malformed file can lead to memory corruption. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.021 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Accusoft Imagegear — versions 20.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1526 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29465?: CVE-2022-29465 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Accusoft Imagegear, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-29465?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29465 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.