What is CVE-2022-41977?

CVE-2022-41977 is a low-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-41977?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Openimageio

CVE-2022-41977

An out of bounds read vulnerability exists in the way OpenImageIO version v2.3.19.0 processes string fields in TIFF image files. A specially-crafted TIFF file can lead to information disclosure. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-12-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1627 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5384
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41977?: CVE-2022-41977 is a low-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-41977?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.