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title: "CVE-2022-43595\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-43595

Publication date 22 December 2022

Last updated 11 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-43595?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Multiple denial of service vulnerabilities exist in the image output
closing functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2.
Specially crafted ImageOutput Objects can lead to multiple null pointer
dereferences. An attacker can provide malicious multiple inputs to trigger
these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability applies to writing .fits files.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openimageio | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Needs evaluation |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43595)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43595)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-43595)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-43595)

### Other references

* <https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1653>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43595>