Is CVE-2022-48541 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-48541 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-48541?

CVE-2022-48541 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-48541?

CVE-2022-48541 has an EPSS score of 1.19% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48541?

Upgrade imagemagick on debian 11 to 8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-48541

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A memory leak in ImageMagick 7.0.10-45 and 6.9.11-22 allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service via the "identify -help" command.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

imagemagickDebian

Fixed in:8:6.9.11.57+dfsg-1CVE-2022-48541

imagemagickUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm6USN-6393-1

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm9USN-6393-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm2USN-6393-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm1USN-6393-1

imagemagick-6.q16Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm9USN-6393-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm2USN-6393-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm1USN-6393-1

imagemagick-6.q16hdriUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm2USN-6393-1

Fixed in:8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm1USN-6393-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-04.