A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the TGA file format parser of OpenImageIO v2.3.19.0.

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-45085

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the TGA file format parser of OpenImageIO v2.3.19.0. A specially-crafted targa file can lead to out of bounds read and write on the process stack, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

distros 1

openimageio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.7.1+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41981

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-2022-41981 updated 2025-11-21

openimageio: stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability

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

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-14)

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1628 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO

Classification

Weakness

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1628
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-41981
NVD CVE-2022-41981

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Summary