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medium 5.3

CVE-2022-41977 json

An out of bounds read vulnerability exists in the way OpenImageIO version v2.3.19.0 processes string fields in TIFF image files.

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45081

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An out of bounds read vulnerability exists in the way OpenImageIO version v2.3.19.0 processes string fields in TIFF image files. A specially-crafted TIFF file can lead to information disclosure. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • openimageio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.21.0+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41977

  • OpenImageIO openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.5.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12477-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-41977 updated

OpenImageIO: Multiple Vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1627 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.