CVE-2022-38266

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-38266
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-09 22:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-09-14 14:10:44 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.014390000 probability, percentile 0.716810000 (date 2026-09-14)

Problem Types: CWE-369 | n/a

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Leptonica Leptonica All All All All
Application Tesseract-ocr Tesseract Ocr 5.0.0 alpha-20210401 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Leptonica: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202312-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Issue 26393: morphapp_fuzzer: Divide-by-zero in blockconvLow · DanBloomberg/leptonica@f062b42 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
While processing, division by zero causes an arithmetic exception · Issue #3498 · tesseract-ocr/tesseract · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3233-1] leptonlib security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181310 Debian Security Update for leptonlib (DLA 3233-1)
  • 181423 Debian Security Update for leptonlib (CVE-2022-38266)
  • 710802 Gentoo Linux Leptonica Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202312-01)

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