CVE-2022-0544

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-191

Description

An integer underflow in the DDS loader of Blender leads to an out-of-bounds read, possibly allowing an attacker to read sensitive data using a crafted DDS image file. This flaw affects Blender versions prior to 2.83.19, 2.93.8 and 3.1.

Affected products

Blender: before 2.83.19; from 2.90.0 before 2.93.8; from 3.0 before 3.1 — fixed in 2.83.19, 2.93.8, 3.1
Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Blender 2.83.19, 2.93.8, 3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://developer.blender.org/T94661
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00021.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5176
https://developer.blender.org/T94661
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00021.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5176

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