CVE-2022-38266

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202312-01

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un problema en la biblioteca enlazada Leptonica (v1.79.0) permite a los atacantes provocar una excepción aritmética que conduce a una denegación de servicio (DoS) a través de un archivo JPEG manipulado

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Leptonice, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 1.81.0 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-08-15 CVE Reserved
2022-09-09 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-369: Divide By Zero

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a152fd16152de215d614	2023-12-18

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01	2023-12-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tesseract Project Search vendor "Tesseract Project"		Tesseract Search vendor "Tesseract Project" for product "Tesseract"				5.0.0 Search vendor "Tesseract Project" for product "Tesseract" and version "5.0.0"		alpha-20210401		Affected
Leptonica Search vendor "Leptonica"		Leptonica Search vendor "Leptonica" for product "Leptonica"				< 1.80.0 Search vendor "Leptonica" for product "Leptonica" and version " < 1.80.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected