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CVE-2022-28463 json

ImageMagick 7.1.0-27 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.

published 4y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2022-32907 , JLSEC-2026-896

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick 7.1.0-27 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.

Patch / fix

  • julia ImageMagick_jll 6.9.12+3
  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.12-44, 7.1.0-29
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-28463

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28463

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 7.1.0.9-150400.6.6.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +12 more 6.8.8.1-71.172.1
  • ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP3, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 7.0.7.34-150200.10.26.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 7.0.7.34-150000.3.123.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4634-1SUSE-SU-2022:2998-1SUSE-SU-2022:1885-1SUSE-SU-2022:1762-1

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.1.17-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13263-1

  • imagemagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 7.0.10.31-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-28463

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-28463 updated cvss 6.5

ImageMagick: heap-buffer-overflow in PushLongPixel() of quantum-private.h

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/4988 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia ImageMagick_jll
<6.9.12+3
6.9.12+3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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