# CVE-2022-44268

ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 is vulnerable to Information Disclosure. When it parses a PNG image (e.g., for resize), the resulting image could have embedded the content of an arbitrary. file (if the magick binary has permissions to read it).

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2022-44268
- CVSS: 6.5
- Known exploited: not in CISA KEV as of our last sync
- EPSS: 89.85% (percentile 99.8)
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB · 30 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2023-02-02)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation poc, automatable no, technical impact partial (assessed 2025-03-26)
- Weakness: CWE-200
- Published: 2023-02-06

## Affected

- imagemagick:imagemagick

## References

- [other] https://imagemagick.org/
- [other] https://www.metabaseq.com/imagemagick-zero-days/
- [advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5347
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZLLS37P67CMBRML6OCG42GPCKGRCJNV/
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AINSUL2QBKETGYRPA7XSCMJWLUB44M6S/
- [other] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171727/ImageMagick-7.1.0-48-Arbitrary-File-Read.html

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