Buffer overflow in Openimageio

CVE-2022-41639

A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in tile decoding code of TIFF image parser in OpenImageIO master-branch-9aeece7a and v2.3.19.0. A specially-crafted TIFF file can lead to an out of bounds memory corruption, which can result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.4th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41639?
CVE-2022-41639 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-41639?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.