CVE-2022-44268

Publication date 6 February 2023

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.5
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm7
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm5

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5855-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 9 February 2023
    • USN-5855-2
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 15 March 2023
    • USN-5855-4
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 17 April 2023

Other references