What is CVE-2022-41999?

CVE-2022-41999 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-41999?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Openimageio

CVE-2022-41999

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DDS native tile reading functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.3.19.0 and v2.4.4.2. A specially-crafted .dds can lead to denial of service. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.014 (70.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Openimageio — versions 2.3.19.0, 2.4.4.2
Openimageio Project — versions v2.3.19.0, v2.4.4.2
Debian Debian_linux — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

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-2022-41999?: CVE-2022-41999 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-41999?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.