CVE-2022-35166 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the libjpeg library's JPEG reading component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-35166?
CVE-2022-35166 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
libjpeg commit 842c7ba was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the component JPEG::ReadInternal.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35166?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jpeg Libjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2022-35166?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-35166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-35166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35166, GHSA-r4vq-5vwr-w52j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-35166.