Heap-data disclosure via unchecked RLE offset
Published Dec 23, 2022 · Updated Apr 14, 2025
Heap out-of-bounds read in OpenImageIO 2.3.19.0 and master-branch-9aeece7a allows attackers to disclose heap data via a malformed RLA file. The decode_rle_span loop increments its encoded-buffer offset after the bounds check, then reads encoded[e] for a positive run without rechecking e against elen. An application must process an attacker-supplied RLA image; each invocation can copy an adjacent heap byte into decoded output, and repeated spans can disclose more data.
Summary
What happened
Heap out-of-bounds read in OpenImageIO 2.3.19.0 and master-branch-9aeece7a allows attackers to disclose heap data via a malformed RLA file. The decode_rle_span loop increments its encoded-buffer offset after the bounds check, then reads encoded[e] for a positive run without rechecking e against elen. An application must process an attacker-supplied RLA image; each invocation can copy an adjacent heap byte into decoded output, and repeated spans can disclose more data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36354
- Published
- Dec 23, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Academy Software Foundation
- Product
- OpenImageIO
- Classifications
- CWE-193
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 23, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=master-branch-9aeece7a
- Affected versionversion=v2.3.19.0
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- Upstream crash-1629.rla regression sampleproof of concept · validated
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