CVE-2022-41837 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the OpenImageIO::add_exif_item_to_spec functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. Specially-crafted exif metadata can lead to stack-based memory corruption. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00164.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Openimageio	Openimageio

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openimageio:openimageio:2.4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3518-1	openimageio security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5384-1	openimageio security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45004	An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the OpenImageIO::add_exif_item_to_spec functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. Specially-crafted exif metadata can lead to stack-based memory corruption. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00005.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1636
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5384

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2022-12-23T23:03:51.372Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T14:28:04.614Z

Reserved: 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41837

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:56:38.278Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T22:15:15.367

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:23:54.450

Link: CVE-2022-41837

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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