CVE-2022-0284

Publication date 29 August 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A heap-based-buffer-over-read flaw was found in ImageMagick's GetPixelAlpha() function of 'pixel-accessor.h'. This vulnerability is triggered when an attacker passes a specially crafted Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) image to convert it into a PICON file format. This issue can potentially lead to a denial of service and information disclosure.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

specific to 7.x

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: e50f19f

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.1 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.1 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0284