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CVE-2022-38266

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  • Published2022-09-09
  • Fixed in1.80.0
  • WeaknessCWE-369

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-09-0922:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Leptonica
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.80< 1.80.01.80.0
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0= 10.0no fix published
Tesseract-ocr tesseract ocr
BranchAffectedFixed in
5.0= 5.0.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • leptonicaTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6all versions · fixed in 1.80.0-4.el9.1.tuxcare.els1and 2 other packages
  • leptonicaTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2all versions · fixed in 1.80.0-4.el9_2.1.tuxcare.els1and 2 other packages
  • leptonicaopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP1all versions · fixed in 1.79.0-3.oe2203sp1
  • leptonicaopenEuler:22.03-LTSall versions · fixed in 1.79.0-3.oe2203sp1
  • leptonicaopenEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3all versions · fixed in 1.79.0-3.oe1
  • leptonicaopenEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1all versions · fixed in 1.79.0-3.oe1
  • leptonicaMageia:8all versions · fixed in 1.81.0-1.mga8and 1 other package
  • leptonlibUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listedand 1 other package

6 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-38266 Red Hat Product Security4 known affected

    leptonica: arithmetic exception leads to denial of service

    leptonica-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · leptonica.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · leptonica-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · +1 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Leptonica to 1.80.0
  2. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2022-38266 · 4 productsFix deferred

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
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Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2022-09-09
Last Modified
2026-09-14
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-xgw2-h7jv-85pm

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38266?

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.

Is CVE-2022-38266 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-38266 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.6% on 2026-11-09, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-38266?

CVE-2022-38266 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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