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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-2157 json

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the ImageMagick package that can lead to the application crashing.

published 2023-06-06 3 y ago modified 2026-07-30 3 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33675 , JLSEC-2026-903

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the ImageMagick package that can lead to the application crashing.

Patch / fix

  • julia ImageMagick_jll 7.1.1+0
  • imagemagick imagemagick 7.1.1-9
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2157

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.1.10-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12954-1

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-2023-2157 updated cvss 5.5

ImageMagick: heap overflow vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia ImageMagick_jll
<7.1.1+0
7.1.1+0

Affected products

  • n/a ImageMagick

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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