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CVE-2022-43594 (GCVE-0-2022-43594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-23 23:03 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:33
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Summary
Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist in the image output closing functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. Specially crafted ImageOutput Objects can lead to multiple null pointer dereferences. An attacker can provide malicious multiple inputs to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability applies to writing .bmp files.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO Affected: v2.4.4.2
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