CVE-2022-38266
An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1.79.0) allows attackers to cause an arithmetic exception leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted JPEG file.
02 Description
An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1.79.0) allows attackers to cause an arithmetic exception leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted JPEG file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-09-09 00:00Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 10:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-08-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5701416a81794a274f7c0fc689a793428934e6b0b81a7f45c00e991691943aef
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498
- github.comhttps://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a152fd16152de215d614
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221208 [SECURITY] [DLA 3233-1] leptonlib security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202312-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- leptonlib Fixed in 1.82.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- leptonlib Fixed in 1.82.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- leptonlib Fixed in 1.82.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- leptonlib No fix yet
- tesseract No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- leptonlib No fix yet
- tesseract No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- leptonlib No fix yet
- tesseract No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.