CVE-2023-2157

ImageMagick: heap overflow vulnerability

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Published Jun 6, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the ImageMagick package that can lead to the application crashing.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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ImageMagick

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`ImageMagick 7.1.1-9`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33675	A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the ImageMagick package that can lead to the application crashing.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.0% (1.010% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2208537
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/45DUUXYMAEEAW55GSLAXN25VPKCRAIDA/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2157
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2157

History

Jan 7, 2025 10:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 7, 2025, 9:31 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Jun 6, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 7, 2025, 9:31 PM
Reserved: Apr 18, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:12 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:12 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:51 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 6, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:51 AM

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Red Hat Updated: May 19, 2023, 12:00 AM

Severity: Moderate
Public date: May 19, 2023, 12:00 AM

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