In GraphicsMagick, a heap buffer overflow was found when parsing MIFF.
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- Sep 28, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 38th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| graphicsmagick | graphicsmagick | cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux10.0
- debian debian linux11.0
- graphicsmagick graphicsmagick1.4.020220326
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a GraphicsMagick
- GraphicsMagick-1.4.020220326affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:10 | graphicsmagick | before 1.4+really1.3.35-1~deb10u3 | 1.4+really1.3.35-1~deb10u3 |
| Debian:11 | graphicsmagick | before 1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u1 | 1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u1 |
| Debian:12 | graphicsmagick | before 1.4+really1.3.38-1 | 1.4+really1.3.38-1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | GraphicsMagick | before 1.3.35-150300.3.3.1 | 1.3.35-150300.3.3.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | GraphicsMagick | before 1.3.38-1.1 | 1.3.38-1.1 |
| SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ImageMagick | before 6.8.8.1-71.172.1 | 6.8.8.1-71.172.1 |
Same product
graphicsmagick: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-5118The OpenBlob function in blob.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and ImageMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a | (p54Plan
- CVE-2017-14103The ReadJNGImage and ReadOneJNGImage functions in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 do not properly manage image pointers after certain 44Plan
- CVE-2017-12936The ReadWMFImage function in coders/wmf.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a use-after-free issue for data associated with exception reporting.43Plan
- CVE-2017-11403The ReadMNGImage function in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has an out-of-order CloseBlob call, resulting in a use-after-free via a c43Plan
- CVE-2008-6071Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in coders/pict.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.14, and 1.2.x before 1.2.3, allows remo42Plan
- CVE-2020-10938GraphicsMagick before 1.3.35 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in HuffmanDecodeImage in magick/compress.c.41Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:graphicsmagick | 1.4+really1.3.38-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:GraphicsMagick | 1.3.35-150300.3.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ImageMagick | 6.8.8.1-71.172.1 · SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer ManipulationCAPEC-123likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00028.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-19
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5288
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.