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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-43593

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DPXOutput::close() functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. A specially crafted ImageOutput Object can lead to null pointer dereference. An attacker can provide malicious input to trigger this vulnerability.

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2 Nov 2026, 23:06 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2022-43593

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Dec 2022, 22:15 UTC

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DPXOutput::close() functionality of OpenImageIO Project OpenImageIO v2.4.4.2. A specially crafted ImageOutput Object can lead to null pointer dereference. An attacker can provide malicious input to trigger this vulnerability.

osv:CVE-2022-43593
Complete source record
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