CVE-2022-4104

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Published Nov 28, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A loop with an unreachable exit condition can be triggered by passing a crafted JPEG file to the Lepton image compression tool, resulting in a denial-of-service.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Dropbox Lepton

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.2 and current development build`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lepton_project:lepton:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51474	A loop with an unreachable exit condition can be triggered by passing a crafted JPEG file to the Lepton image compression tool, resulting in a denial-of-service.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.326% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://tenable.com/security/research/TRA-2022-35

History

Apr 14, 2025 6:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lepton Project Lepton

Weaknesses

CWE-835

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 14, 2025, 6:08 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Published: Nov 28, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 14, 2025, 6:08 PM
Reserved: Nov 21, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:27 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:27 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:19 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 28, 2022, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:19 AM

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