CVE-2022-38266
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: September 14, 2026 at 02:10 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxLeptonicaTesseract Ocr
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1.80.0
Affected range stops below 1.80.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/commit/f062b42c0ea8dddebdc6a152fd16152de215d614ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00018.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-369
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