CVE-2022-1270

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-09-28 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-21 14:59Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-04-07

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cf8daff8c590c0b1e47c12bafebc13b1ac5cd8245fcd29622ecb52837e0e22e8

• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/graphicsmagick/bugs/664/
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202209-19https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-19vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20221121 [SECURITY] [DLA 3200-1] graphicsmagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00028.htmlmailing-list
• www.debian.orgDSA-5288https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5288vendor-advisory