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CVE-2022-48541A 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"…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 26% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 30 days later
· 30 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/2889 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-6f8c1d9005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2024-d23b0f5e76 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240320 [SECURITY] [DLA 3767-1] imagemagick security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YAULDP3GG5KI3XITQ5XSMRSILCBZS2VK/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LICYTADFJAFPZW3Y2MKNCJIUYODPAG4L/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-51237 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-48541)Record last updated .