CVE-2026-40169

MEDIUM EPSS 7.8%
Published Apr 13, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Apr 13, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, a crafted image could result in an out of bounds heap write when writing a yaml or json output, resulting in a crash. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-19.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
7.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-122
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
imagemagickimagemagick* <7.1.2-19

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f86452a8aea37bf2b4bd36127f836dcc5f138b38
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/releases/tag/7.1.2-19
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-5592-p365-24xh
    Vendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.12.0
    Release Notes

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f86452a8aea37bf2b4bd36127f836dcc5f138b38
    Patch