CVE-2022-44267

Exp

ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 is vulnerable to Denial of Service. When it parses a PNG image (e.g., for resize), the convert process could be left waiting for stdin input.

Published: 2023-02-06 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-44267 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 76.58%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +58.89% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-44267

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
51256 exploit_db edb 2023-04-05 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-44267

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 17.69% 76.58% +58.89%
2 2026-05-28 22.09% 17.69% -4.40%
3 2026-03-04 — 22.09% —

Full EPSS history (56 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-44267

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-44267

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-44267

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-44267: 1 source package rows (imagemagick); 6 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 6, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-44267
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-44267 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44267
gentoo high CVE-2022-44267: 1 GLSA(s) (202405-02), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/imagemagick); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-44267
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-44267
suse high CVE-2022-44267 severity important: SUSE including 117 source package names (GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-devel, …), 327 product×package rows across 44 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (44 product lines)): Fixed 305, Known Not Affected 22. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-44267/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-44267 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6, not-affected 4, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-44267

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-44267

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick 7.1.0-49 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.1.0-49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-44267

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