What is CVE-2022-43603?

CVE-2022-43603 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-12-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-43603?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Openimageio

CVE-2022-43603

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the ZfileOutput::close() functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. A specially crafted ImageOutput Object can lead to denial of service. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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)

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-2022-43603?: CVE-2022-43603 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openimageio, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-43603?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.