CVE-2022-41838: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A code execution vulnerability exists in the DDS scanline parsing functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. A specially-crafted .dds can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Openimageio Openimageio: version 2.4.4.2 only

Published 2022-12-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.