Input validation error in oiio - CVE-2022-41999
Published: April 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41999
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenImageIO
Affected software:
oiio
oiio
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-41999
Install updates from vendor's website.