CVE-2022-38266
Low
No strong exploitation signal.
CVSS base
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.4%
72.0th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-369
Published 2022-09-09 · modified 2026-09-14
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | R | Required |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2022-09-09 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-14 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a152fd16152de215d614
- exploit https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01
- https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a152fd16152de215d614
- exploit https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-01