vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-0284: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 29, 2022
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A heap-based-buffer-over-read flaw was found in ImageMagick's GetPixelAlpha() function of 'pixel-accessor.h'. This vulnerability is triggered when an attacker passes a specially crafted Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) image to convert it into a PICON file format. This issue can potentially lead to a denial of service and information disclosure.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-imagemagick
Title
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