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.
EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Leptonica
- Tesseract_project Tesseract — versions 5.0.0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (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.