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CVE-2022-1122
March 29, 2022
A flaw was found in the opj2_decompress program in openjpeg2 2.4.0 in the way it handles an input directory with a large number of files. When it fails to allocate a buffer to store the filenames of the input directory, it calls free() on an uninitialized pointer, leading to a segmentation fault and a denial of service.
Affected Packages
openjpeg (CONAN):
Affected version(s) =2.4.0 <2.5.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.0
Related Resources (16)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8207
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-1122
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROSN5NRUFOH7HGLJ4ZSKPGAKLFXJALW4/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-04
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROSN5NRUFOH7HGLJ4ZSKPGAKLFXJALW4/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2067052
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKBAMK2CAM5TMC5TODKVCE5AAPTD5YV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MIWSQFQWXDU4MT3XTVAO6HC7TVL3NHS7/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7645
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1368
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1122
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKBAMK2CAM5TMC5TODKVCE5AAPTD5YV/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1122
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MIWSQFQWXDU4MT3XTVAO6HC7TVL3NHS7/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.3
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Initialization
CWE-665
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
CWE-824
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06