SB2022090934 - Denial of service in Leptonica



SB2022090934 - Denial of service in Leptonica

Published: September 9, 2022 Updated: December 22, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2022090934
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38266)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the blocksumLow() function in convolve.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted JPEG image to the application and crash it.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.