CVE-2022-44268

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

89.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.8% 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:H/I:N/A:N

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 14:22Z1 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:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b2d5e48c9e6023e882a3f636d5eb5b0d2a58ccddf5affc7463937014bfe6aca1

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• 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
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• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171727/ImageMagick-7.1.0-48-Arbitrary-File-Read.html