CVE-2022-1122
When it fails to allocate a buffer to store the filenames of the input directory, it calls free() on an uninitialized pointer, leading to a segmentation fault and a denial of service.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in the opj2_decompress program in openjpeg2 2.4.0 in the way it handles an input directory with a large number of files. When it fails to allocate a buffer to store the filenames of the input directory, it calls free() on an uninitialized pointer, leading to a segmentation fault and a denial of service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 66th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-665, CWE-824
- Affected
- uclouvain/openjpeg · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1368Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MIWSQFQWXDU4MT3XTVAO6HC7TVL3NHS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKBAMK2CAM5TMC5TODKVCE5AAPTD5YV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROSN5NRUFOH7HGLJ4ZSKPGAKLFXJALW4/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-04Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1368Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MIWSQFQWXDU4MT3XTVAO6HC7TVL3NHS7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RMKBAMK2CAM5TMC5TODKVCE5AAPTD5YV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ROSN5NRUFOH7HGLJ4ZSKPGAKLFXJALW4/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-04Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.