What is CVE-2022-41838?

CVE-2022-41838 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-2022-41838?

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

Buffer overflow in Openimageio

CVE-2022-41838

A code execution vulnerability exists in the DDS scanline parsing functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. A specially-crafted .dds can lead to a heap buffer overflow. 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

Openimageio — versions 2.4.4.2
Openimageio Project — versions v2.4.4.2
Debian Debian_linux — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41838?: CVE-2022-41838 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-2022-41838?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.