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high 7.8

CVE-2022-1270 json

In GraphicsMagick, a heap buffer overflow was found when parsing MIFF.

published 2022-09-28 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-24603

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In GraphicsMagick, a heap buffer overflow was found when parsing MIFF.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4+really1.3.38-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1270

  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.4+really1.3.35-1ubuntu0.1
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1+esm8
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.6+esm2
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.3.28-2ubuntu0.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1270

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +12 more 6.8.8.1-71.172.1
  • GraphicsMagick openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.3.35-150300.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1885-1SUSE-SU-2022:1274-1

  • GraphicsMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.38-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11996-1

  • graphicsmagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 1.3.38-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-1270

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-1270 updated cvss 4.7

GraphicsMagick: Heap buffer overflow when parsing MIFF

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/664/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a GraphicsMagick

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

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