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CVE-2022-40662

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40662 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting NIKON NIS-Elements Viewer 1.2100.1483.0. It stems from a read past the end of an allocated buffer during TIF image parsing, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code if a user opens a malicious TIF file or visits a malicious page. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires user interaction for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2100.1483.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nikon:nis-elements_viewer:1.2100.1483.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

software-dl.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com / vuln/index.html
Issue Tracking
software-dl.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com / vuln/pdf/Vulnerabilities_on_NIS-Elements_Freeware_and_L_en_240917_02.pdf
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-1218
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry