What is CVE-2023-2157?

CVE-2023-2157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2023-2157?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2023-2157

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the ImageMagick package that can lead to the application crashing.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (59.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick
N/a Imagemagick — versions ImageMagick 7.1.1-9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2157?: CVE-2023-2157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2023-2157?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.