CVE-2022-35434 Denial of service in n/a
A floating point exception in jpeg-quantsmooth allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2022-35434?
CVE-2022-35434 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 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
jpeg-quantsmooth before commit 8879454 contained a floating point exception (FPE) via /jpeg-quantsmooth/jpegqs+0x4f5d6c.
Weakness: CWE-697
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35434?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jpeg Quant Smooth Project Jpeg Quant Smooth.
How do I fix CVE-2022-35434?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2022-35434 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-35434 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35434, GHSA-gjjp-v35j-vhj4, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-35434.