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🛡️ CVE-2022-3213 on Debian — imagemagick

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

A heap buffer overflow issue was found in ImageMagick. When an application processes a malformed TIFF file, it could lead to undefined behavior or a crash causing a denial of service.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-3213 as tracked by Debian, for the package imagemagick. The fix is available in version 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3213 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3213 is recorded against 1 package.

  • imagemagick (fixed in 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2)

Timeline and source

Published on 19 September 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

imagemagick has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds) in other software:

CVE-2022-3213 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-09-19
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
imagemagick — 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-2

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