GraphicsMagick MIFF Parser heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GraphicsMagick. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component MIFF Parser. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-1270. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GraphicsMagick (Image Processing Software) (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component MIFF Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In GraphicsMagick, a heap buffer overflow was found when parsing MIFF.

The weakness was presented 09/29/2022. The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-1270 since 04/07/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/06/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-24603). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/07/2022 🔍
09/29/2022 +175 days 🔍
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04/06/2026 +1285 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-1270 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-1270
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209713
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/29/2022 07:29
Updated: 04/06/2026 06:50
Changes: 09/29/2022 07:29 (37), 10/25/2022 07:42 (11), 04/06/2026 06:50 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:924:103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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