CVE-2022-48541
A memory leak in ImageMagick 7.0.10-45 and 6.9.11-22 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service via the "identify -help" command.
02 Description
A memory leak in ImageMagick 7.0.10-45 and 6.9.11-22 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service via the "identify -help" command.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (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:L/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-08-22 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 18:14Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-07-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 064a5dcfc59f87aac511778cbf87fb6e51f2227d10b2c8b1c423b608d97816c9
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/2889
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-6f8c1d9005https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LICYTADFJAFPZW3Y2MKNCJIUYODPAG4L/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2024-d23b0f5e76https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAULDP3GG5KI3XITQ5XSMRSILCBZS2VK/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20240320 [SECURITY] [DLA 3767-1] imagemagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00020.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YAULDP3GG5KI3XITQ5XSMRSILCBZS2VK/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LICYTADFJAFPZW3Y2MKNCJIUYODPAG4L/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm6Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm9Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.