CVE-2022-44267

MEDIUM

ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 - Denial of Service via PNG Image Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-44267. PoCs published by nu11secur1ty.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.1.0-49. The vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the program by sending a malicious PNG file, which causes the convert process to wait indefinitely for stdin input.

Description

ImageMagick 7.1.0-49 is vulnerable to Denial of Service. When it parses a PNG image (e.g., for resize), the convert process could be left waiting for stdin input.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by nu11secur1ty · textdosphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51256

This is a writeup describing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in ImageMagick 7.1.0-49. The vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the program by sending a malicious PNG file, which causes the convert process to wait indefinitely for stdin input.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ImageMagick 7.1.0-49
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A malicious PNG file · Victim interaction to open the file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.7658
EPSS Percentile 99.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-404
Status published
Products (1)
imagemagick/imagemagick 7.1.0-49
Published Feb 06, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026