What is CVE-2022-44081?

CVE-2022-44081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lodev Lodepng, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-44081?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Lodev Lodepng

CVE-2022-44081

Lodepng v20220717 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the function pngdetail.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lodev Lodepng — versions 2022-07-17

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/lvandeve/lodepng/issues/177 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44081?: CVE-2022-44081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lodev Lodepng, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-44081?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.