Medium severity · published Dec 22, 2022
CVE-2022-43594
Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist in the image output closing functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2
5.9
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist in the image output closing functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. Specially crafted ImageOutput Objects can lead to multiple null pointer dereferences. An attacker can provide malicious multiple inputs to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability applies to writing .bmp files.
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)1.3% · higher than 71% 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-2022-43594
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43594
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1653
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5384
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