CVE-2022-38266 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted JPEG file due to an arithmetic exception in the Leptonica library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-38266?
CVE-2022-38266 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38266?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Leptonica Leptonica, Tesseract-Ocr Tesseract Ocr.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38266?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2022-38266 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38266 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as CLSA-2026-1784817741, CLSA-2026-1784970773, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38266, DLA-3233-1, GHSA-xgw2-h7jv-85pm, JLSEC-2026-210 and 3 more.