CVE-2022-37768 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the libjpeg library when parsing malformed image trailers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-37768?
CVE-2022-37768 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libjpeg commit 281daa9 was discovered to contain an infinite loop via the component Frame::ParseTrailer.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-37768?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jpeg Libjpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2022-37768?
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-2022-37768 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-37768 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37768, GHSA-g4qp-hmq8-g629, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-37768.