CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-43594

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 22, 2022 | Modified: Feb 01, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist in the image output closing functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. Specially crafted ImageOutput Objects can lead to multiple null pointer dereferences. An attacker can provide malicious multiple inputs to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability applies to writing .bmp files.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openimageio Openimageio 2.4.4.2 (including) 2.4.4.2 (including)
Openimageio Ubuntu bionic *
Openimageio Ubuntu kinetic *
Openimageio Ubuntu lunar *
Openimageio Ubuntu mantic *
Openimageio Ubuntu trusty *
Openimageio Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References