VDB

CVE-2022-38143

CVE-2022-38143 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Reported by talos · Published December 23, 2022

A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the way OpenImageIO v2.3.19.0 processes RLE encoded BMP images. A specially-crafted bmp file can write to arbitrary out of bounds memory, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
OpenImageIO ProjectOpenImageIOmaster-branch-9aeece7a, v2.3.19.0
OpenImageIO ProjectOpenImageIO*, 2.3.19.0

Timeline

  • Dec 22, 2022 CVE Published
  • Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 10, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 19, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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