CVE-2022-0496
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not...
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
CVE-2022-0496- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
CVE-2022-0496- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15633 No score
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
EUVD-2022-15633- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h75g-6869-mgjj
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not...
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
GHSA-h75g-6869-mgjj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-0496
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2022-0496- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-0496
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0496- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-0496
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0496- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
A vulnerbiility was found in Openscad, where a DXF-format drawing with particular (not necessarily malformed!) properties may cause an out-of-bounds memory access when imported using import().
- Record
CVE-2022-0496- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2022-0148 No score
Updated openscad packages fix security vulnerability
Out-of-bounds memory access in DXF loader. (CVE-2022-0496) Out-of-bounds memory access in comment parser. (CVE-2022-0497)
- Record
MGASA-2022-0148- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11817-1 No score
openscad-2021.01-4.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the openscad-2021.01-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11817-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openscadAlpine:v3.20 |
before 2021.01-r2 | 2021.01-r2 |
openscadAlpine:v3.21 |
before 2021.01-r2 | 2021.01-r2 |
openscadAlpine:v3.22 |
before 2021.01-r2 | 2021.01-r2 |
openscadAlpine:v3.23 |
before 2021.01-r2 | 2021.01-r2 |
openscadAlpine:v3.24 |
before 2021.01-r2 | 2021.01-r2 |
openscadDebian:12 |
before 2021.01-4 | 2021.01-4 |
openscadDebian:13 |
before 2021.01-4 | 2021.01-4 |
openscadMageia:8 |
before 2021.01-1.3.mga8 | 2021.01-1.3.mga8 |
openscadUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2015.03-1+dfsg-2ubuntu12015.03-1+dfsg-2ubuntu22015.03-1+dfsg-3 |
None known |
openscadUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2019.01~RC2-2build12019.05-2ubuntu22019.05-3ubuntu32019.05-3ubuntu42019.05-3ubuntu5 |
None known |
openscadUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2021.01-1ubuntu12021.01-2ubuntu12021.01-32021.01-42021.01-4build1 |
None known |
openscadopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2021.01-4.1 | 2021.01-4.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0496 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Openscad, published April 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in openscad 2021.01-r2.
References
github.com/openscad/openscad/issues/4037
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2050695
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0496
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security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-0496
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-0496
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0148.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30294
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/BQEY4FM5EEVUSDD4ZW7732TQHEELJJMM
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0496
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0496
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0496