Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-28463

HighPublic PoC

Published: 08 May 2022

Published
08 May 2022
Modified
25 June 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0013 31.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-28463 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 31.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

ImageMagick 7.1.0-27 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

imagemagick
imagemagick
6.9.4-0 — 6.9.12-44 · 7.0.1-0 — 7.1.0-29
debian
debian linux
10.0, 9.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References