Resource management error in ImageMagick - CVE-2022-44267
Published: February 9, 2023 / Updated: October 25, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72079
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44267
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when performing operations on crafted PNG images. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PNG image to the application and force the application to wait indefinitely for the stdin input, consuming system resources.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-44267
Install updates from vendor's website.