ubuntu-cve-2022-38266
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-09-09 22:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:41
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38266",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:41:39Z",
  "published": "2022-09-09T22:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38266"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/issues/3498"
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-38266"
  ]
}



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