Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-48541

HighPublic PoC

Published: 22 August 2023

Published
22 August 2023
Modified
04 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0049 65.8th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-48541 is a high-severity Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (CWE-401) vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 34.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A memory leak in ImageMagick 7.0.10-45 and 6.9.11-22 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service via the "identify -help" command.

CWE(s)
CWE-401

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

imagemagick
imagemagick
6.9.11-22, 7.0.10-45
fedoraproject
fedora
38, 39

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References