CVE-2022-44268 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Imagemagick	Imagemagick

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.1.0-49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171727/ImageMagick-7.1.0-48-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
https://candid.technology/imagemagick-zero-day-vulnerability/
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/discussions/6027
https://imagemagick.org/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AINSUL2QBKETGYRPA7XSCMJWLUB44M6S/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZLLS37P67CMBRML6OCG42GPCKGRCJNV/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44268
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44268
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5347
https://www.metabaseq.com/imagemagick-zero-days/

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T14:22:26.449Z

Reserved: 2022-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44268

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:47:05.783Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T21:15:09.473

Modified: 2025-03-26T15:15:40.750

Link: CVE-2022-44268

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-44268 - Bugzilla

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