Medium severity · published Dec 22, 2022
CVE-2022-43593
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DPXOutput::close() functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2
5.9
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DPXOutput::close() functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. A specially crafted ImageOutput Object can lead to null pointer dereference. An attacker can provide malicious input to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openimageio · Openimageio
2.4.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43593
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43593
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1652
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5384
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