CVE-2022-1115
ImageMagick: heap-buffer-overflow in PushShortPixel of quantum-private.h
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · March 22, 2022
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A heap based buffer-overflow flaw was found in ImageMagick’s PushShortPixel function in quantum-private.h file. This vulnerability can be triggered by an attacker passing a specially crafted TIFF image file to ImageMagick for conversion, leading to a denial of service attack.
Statement
Versions of ImageMagick shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 are not affected, as our code-base is a bit different than upstream. Also, vulnerable code is not present in our code-base.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a Moderate security impact. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write