CVE-2022-48541 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Imagemagick

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
ImagemagickDebian ImagemagickFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateSep 21

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 4.2

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1+3
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick6.9.11-22, 7.0.10-45+1

Also affects: Fedora 38, 39

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2022-48541: A memory leak in ImageMagick 7↗2023-08-22
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GHSA
GHSA-g5fw-9pgg-xvqg: A memory leak in ImageMagick 7↗2023-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerability↗2023-09-21
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: memory leak in identify -help↗2023-08-22
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Debian
CVE-2022-48541: imagemagick - A memory leak in ImageMagick 7.0.10-45 and 6.9.11-22 allows remote attackers to ...↗2022
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