What is CVE-2022-38143?

CVE-2022-38143 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under Write-what-where Condition. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-38143?

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

Is CVE-2022-38143 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Openimageio

CVE-2022-38143

A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the way OpenImageIO v2.3.19.0 processes RLE encoded BMP images. A specially-crafted bmp file can write to arbitrary out of bounds memory, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An att…

EPSS: 0.014 (69.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Openimageio — versions 2.3.19.0
Openimageio Project — versions master-branch-9aeece7a, v2.3.19.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rohilchaudhry/CVE-Session2-Group5

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38143?: CVE-2022-38143 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under Write-what-where Condition. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-38143?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38143 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.