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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2022-44268

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

ImageMagick versions through 7.1.0-51, 7.1.0-6, 7.1.0-7 through 7.1.0-9 and ImageMagick6 versions through 6.9.12-66, 6.9.12-7, 6.9.12-8 through 6.9.12-9 are vulnerable to Information Disclosure. When it parses a PNG image (e.g., for resizing), the resulting image could have embedded the content of an arbitrary file (if the magick binary has permission to read it). This has the same fix as CVE-2022-44267.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published