CVE-2022-44267

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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited 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

76.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2023-02-06 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-03-26 14:26Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-10-30

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

585d662fa71e597cfa69f3683e0bf22e2b2492cffd22a20c619bc651c9fffcd3

• imagemagick.orghttps://imagemagick.org/
• www.metabaseq.comhttps://www.metabaseq.com/imagemagick-zero-days/
• www.debian.orgDSA-5347https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5347vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-6537113d6dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZLLS37P67CMBRML6OCG42GPCKGRCJNV/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-93389b8a9ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AINSUL2QBKETGYRPA7XSCMJWLUB44M6S/vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20230311 [SECURITY] [DLA 3357-1] imagemagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.htmlmailing-list