| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in ImageMagick. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-2157. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ImageMagick (Image Processing Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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 weakness was published 05/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-2157 since 04/18/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
Upgrading to version 7.1.1-7 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 9a9896fce95d09e5e47b86baccbe1ce1a2fca76b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-33675). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.1.7
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.3.3
- 5.3.8
- 5.4
- 5.4.3
- 5.4.4
- 5.4.4.5
- 5.4.7
- 5.4.8
- 5.4.8.2.1.1.0
- 5.5
- 5.5.3.2.1.2.0
- 5.5.4
- 5.5.6
- 5.5.6.0 2003-04-09
- 5.5.7
- 5.5.7.31
- 6
- 6.0
- 6.0.0.7
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.1.4
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.2.5
- 6.0.2.7
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.3.5
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.4.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.0.5.3
- 6.0.6
- 6.0.6.1
- 6.0.6.2
- 6.0.7
- 6.0.8
- 6.1
- 6.1.0
- 6.1.1.6
- 6.1.2
- 6.1.3
- 6.1.4
- 6.1.5
- 6.1.6
- 6.1.7
- 6.1.8
- 6.2
- 6.2.0.4
- 6.2.0.7
- 6.2.0.8
- 6.2.1
- 6.2.1.7
- 6.2.2
- 6.2.2.3
- 6.2.2.5
- 6.2.3
- 6.2.3.6
- 6.2.4
- 6.2.4.2-r1
- 6.2.4.5
- 6.2.5
- 6.2.6
- 6.2.7
- 6.2.8
- 6.2.9
- 6.3.0.0
- 6.3.0.1
- 6.3.0.2
- 6.3.0.3
- 6.3.0.4
- 6.3.0.5
- 6.3.0.7
- 6.3.0.8
- 6.3.1.0
- 6.3.1.1
- 6.3.1.2
- 6.3.1.3
- 6.3.1.4
- 6.3.1.5
- 6.3.1.6
- 6.3.1.7
- 6.3.2.0
- 6.3.2.1
- 6.3.2.2
- 6.3.2.3
- 6.3.2.4
- 6.3.2.5
- 6.3.2.6
- 6.3.2.7
- 6.3.2.8
- 6.3.3.0
- 6.3.3.1
- 6.3.3.2
- 6.3.3.3
- 6.3.3.4
- 6.3.5-9
- 6.5.2-8
- 6.5.3-5
- 6.6.0-4
- 6.7.8-0
- 6.7.8-1
- 6.7.8-2
- 6.7.8-3
- 6.7.8-4
- 6.7.8-5
- 6.7.8-6
- 6.7.8-7
- 6.8.8-5
- 6.8.9-9
- 6.8.9.6
- 6.8.9.9
- 6.8.9.9-4
- 6.9.0-4 Beta
- 6.9.0-5 Beta
- 6.9.1-3
- 6.9.2
- 6.9.2-2
- 6.9.2-4
- 6.9.3-10
- 6.9.4-0
- 6.9.4-1
- 6.9.4-3
- 6.9.4-4
- 6.9.4-5
- 6.9.4-7
- 6.9.4-8
- 6.9.4-10
- 6.9.5-1
- 6.9.5-3
- 6.9.5-5
- 6.9.5-6
- 6.9.5-8
- 6.9.6-3
- 6.9.6-4
- 6.9.7
- 6.9.7-4
- 6.9.7-6
- 6.9.7-10
- 6.9.8-5
- 6.9.8-8
- 6.9.8-10
- 6.9.9-0
- 6.9.9-1
- 6.9.9-3
- 6.9.9-4
- 6.9.9-5
- 6.9.9-24
- 6.9.10-41
- 6.9.10-42
- 6.9.10-68
- 6.9.10-69
- 6.9.11-0
- 6.9.11-22
- 6.9.11-40
- 6.9.12
- 6.9.12-22
- 6.9.12-91
- 7
- 7.0
- 7.0.1
- 7.0.1-0
- 7.0.1-1
- 7.0.1-2
- 7.0.1-3
- 7.0.1-4
- 7.0.1-5
- 7.0.1-6
- 7.0.1-7
- 7.0.1-10
- 7.0.2-1
- 7.0.2-10
- 7.0.3
- 7.0.3-1
- 7.0.3-2
- 7.0.3-6
- 7.0.3-8
- 7.0.3.0
- 7.0.3.7
- 7.0.3.8
- 7.0.4-3
- 7.0.4-4
- 7.0.4-5
- 7.0.4-6
- 7.0.4-9
- 7.0.4.9
- 7.0.5-0
- 7.0.5-2
- 7.0.5-4
- 7.0.5-5
- 7.0.5-6
- 7.0.5-6 Q16
- 7.0.5-7
- 7.0.5-8
- 7.0.5-9
- 7.0.5-10
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.6-0
- 7.0.6-1
- 7.0.6-1 Q16
- 7.0.6-2
- 7.0.6-3
- 7.0.6-4
- 7.0.6-5
- 7.0.6-6
- 7.0.6-8
- 7.0.6-8 Q16
- 7.0.6-10
- 7.0.6-10 Q16
- 7.0.7
- 7.0.7-0
- 7.0.7-0 Q16
- 7.0.7-1
- 7.0.7-1 Q16
- 7.0.7-2
- 7.0.7-3
- 7.0.7-4
- 7.0.7-4 Q16
- 7.0.7-6
- 7.0.7-9
- 7.0.7-11
- 7.0.7-12
- 7.0.7-12 Q16
- 7.0.7-16 Q16
- 7.0.7-17 Q16
- 7.0.7-20 Q16
- 7.0.7-22
- 7.0.7-22 Q16
- 7.0.7-23
- 7.0.7-23 Q16
- 7.0.7-24 Q16
- 7.0.7-25 Q16
- 7.0.7-26 Q16
- 7.0.7-28
- 7.0.7-36 Q16
- 7.0.7-37
- 7.0.7-37 Q16
- 7.0.8-3 Q16
- 7.0.8-4
- 7.0.8-5
- 7.0.8-6
- 7.0.8-7
- 7.0.8-8
- 7.0.8-9
- 7.0.8-11
- 7.0.8-11 Q16
- 7.0.8-13
- 7.0.8-13 Q16
- 7.0.8-16
- 7.0.8-25
- 7.0.8-26 Q16
- 7.0.8-32
- 7.0.8-34
- 7.0.8-35
- 7.0.8-36 Q16
- 7.0.8-40
- 7.0.8-40 Q16
- 7.0.8-41
- 7.0.8-41 Q16
- 7.0.8-42
- 7.0.8-43
- 7.0.8-43 Q16
- 7.0.8-50 Q16
- 7.0.8-54
- 7.0.8-54 Q16
- 7.0.8-55
- 7.0.8-62
- 7.0.8-67
- 7.0.8-68
- 7.0.8-69
- 7.0.9
- 7.0.9-0
- 7.0.9-7 Q16
- 7.0.10
- 7.0.10-0
- 7.0.10-7
- 7.0.10-31
- 7.0.10-34
- 7.0.10-39
- 7.0.10-40
- 7.0.10-45
- 7.0.10-56
- 7.0.11
- 7.0.11-5
- 7.0.11-14
- 7.1.0-4
- 7.1.0-6
- 7.1.0-7
- 7.1.0-14
- 7.1.0-27
- 7.1.0-30
- 7.1.0-49
License
Website
- Product: https://www.imagemagick.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 5.5
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: ImageMagick 7.1.1-7
Patch: 9a9896fce95d09e5e47b86baccbe1ce1a2fca76b
Timeline
04/18/2023 🔍05/19/2023 🔍
05/19/2023 🔍
12/17/2025 🔍
Sources
Product: imagemagick.orgAdvisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-2157 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2157
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229420
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Entry
Created: 05/19/2023 17:20Updated: 12/17/2025 15:54
Changes: 05/19/2023 17:20 (40), 06/14/2023 11:28 (1), 01/08/2025 01:38 (36), 12/17/2025 15:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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