SB2022090934 - Denial of service in Leptonica
Published: September 9, 2022 Updated: December 22, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022090934
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38266)
CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the blocksumLow() function in convolve.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted JPEG image to the application and crash it.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.