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CVE-2022-41794 — A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PSD thumbnail resource

A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PSD thumbnail resource parsing code of OpenImageIO 2.3.19.0. A specially-crafted PSD file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
0.85% (top 25.30%)
CWE
CWE-122
Published
2022-12-23T23:03:51.372Z
Last modified
2025-04-15T14:28:40.904Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A heap based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PSD thumbnail resource parsing code of OpenImageIO 2.3.19.0. A specially-crafted PSD file can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
OpenImageIO ProjectOpenImageIOmaster-branch-9aeece7a, v2.3.19.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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