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CVE-2022-44268 json

ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 is vulnerable to Information Disclosure.

published 2023-02-06 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-47216

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
89.9%
EPSS 89.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 is vulnerable to Information Disclosure. When it parses a PNG image (e.g., for resize), the resulting image could have embedded the content of an arbitrary. file (if the magick binary has permissions to read it).

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-44268

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.5
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm5
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-44268

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 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 7.1.0.9-150400.6.12.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +8 more 7.0.7.34-150200.10.42.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 6.8.8.1-71.183.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 7.0.7.34-150000.3.123.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4634-1SUSE-SU-2023:0428-1SUSE-SU-2023:0424-1SUSE-SU-2023:0421-1

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.1.17-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13263-1

  • imagemagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 7.1.0.52-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-44268

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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-2022-44268 updated cvss 6.5

ImageMagick: vulnerable to Information Disclosure when it parses a PNG image

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-51261)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

89.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51261 ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 - Arbitrary File Read local, 2023-04-05
  • metabaseq.com https://www.metabaseq.com/imagemagick-zero-days/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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