Heap-based buffer overflow in oiio - CVE-2022-43598
Published: April 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74807
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43598
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the IFFOutput alignment padding functionality. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, this vulnerability arises when the "m_spec.format" is "TypeDesc::UINT16".
How to mitigate CVE-2022-43598
Install updates from vendor's website.