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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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).

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CVE-2022-44268
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5 Nov 2026, 04:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-44268

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Feb 2023, 00:00 UTC

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).

osv:CVE-2022-44268
Complete source record
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  "id": "4ee6c2862afbdd50645989c4481e4dc2daba6ded5ec5af08e36a838748e7e4f4",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44268",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-44268",
    "summary": "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).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-44268",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "7a3f3f1bdbcc95a212a45484fab76225d84e289c"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "7a3f3f1bdbcc95a212a45484fab76225d84e289c"
                }
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              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.1.0-49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "7.1.0-49"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "7.1.0-49"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "7.1.0-49"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-44268.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:42.181264051Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://imagemagick.org/",
        "https://www.metabaseq.com/imagemagick-zero-days/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/44xxx/CVE-2022-44268.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AINSUL2QBKETGYRPA7XSCMJWLUB44M6S/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZZLLS37P67CMBRML6OCG42GPCKGRCJNV/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44268",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5347",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00008.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/44xxx/CVE-2022-44268.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-44268",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 510093,
  "published_at": "2023-02-06T00:00:00+00:00"
}