CVE-2022-1507 Null dereference in hpjansson/chafa
Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted input file due to a NULL pointer dereference in the chafa image conversion library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-1507?
CVE-2022-1507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 27 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file. in GitHub repository hpjansson/chafa prior to 1.10.2. chafa: NULL Pointer Dereference in function gif_internal_decode_frame at libnsgif.c:599 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted input file.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1507?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (2)
chafa SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3 | All versions | 1.4.1-bp153.2.3.1 |
chafa openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | All versions | 1.4.1-bp153.2.3.1 |
Products include Chafa Project Chafa, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1507?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-1507 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1507 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1507, GHSA-p7m9-59wp-jx9r, JLSEC-2026-1089, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1507, openSUSE-SU-2022:10025-1.