CVE-2022-38266 — Divide By Zero in Leptonica

CWE-369 — Divide By ZeroCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 45.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LeptonicaDebian LeptonlibDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 9
Latest updateSep 12

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDleptonica/leptonica< 1.80.0
▶debiandebian/leptonlib< leptonlib 1.82.0-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xgw2-h7jv-85pm: An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1↗2022-09-10
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OSV
CVE-2022-38266: An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1↗2022-09-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
leptonica: arithmetic exception leads to denial of service↗2022-09-12
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Debian
CVE-2022-38266: leptonlib - An issue in the Leptonica linked library (v1.79.0) allows attackers to cause an ...↗2022
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