What is CVE-2022-43289?

CVE-2022-43289 is a high-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Deark, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-43289?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Entropymine Deark

CVE-2022-43289

Deark v.1.6.2 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the do_prism_read_palette() function at /modules/atari-img.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Entropymine Deark — versions 1.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

github.com/jsummers/deark/issues/52 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/jsummers/deark (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43289?: CVE-2022-43289 is a high-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Deark, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-43289?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.