Input validation error in oiio - CVE-2022-41999
Published: April 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41999
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the DDS native tile reading functionality. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted .dds file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
oiio
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
openimageio (Debian package)
media-libs/openimageio
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
openimageio (Debian package)
media-libs/openimageio
How to mitigate CVE-2022-41999
Install updates from vendor's website.
oiio - update to 2.4.5.0
openimageio (Debian package) - update to 2.2.10.1+dfsg-1+deb11u1
media-libs/openimageio - update to 2.4.6.0
openimageio (Debian package) - update to 2.2.10.1+dfsg-1+deb11u1
media-libs/openimageio - update to 2.4.6.0