Vulnerability in Leptonica
CVE-2022-38266
An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1.79.0) allows attackers to cause an arithmetic exception leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted JPEG file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Leptonica
- Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr — versions 5.0.0
- Tesseract Project — versions 5.0.0
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a152fd16152de215d6… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-38266?
- CVE-2022-38266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Leptonica, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-09.
- How severe is CVE-2022-38266?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-38266 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.