CVE-2026-23876
HighCVSS 8.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk45th percentile - higher than 45% of all known CVEs
Summary
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in ImageMagick's XBM image decoder (ReadXBMImage). An attacker can exploit a crafted image file to write controlled data beyond the allocated heap buffer, causing an overflow. The issue affects versions prior to 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes potential remote code execution or system crash by submitting a malicious image to applications using ImageMagick, such as file upload services or image processing pipelines.
Recommendation
Immediately update ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-13 or 6.9.13-38, which contain the fix for this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in ImageMagick
See all- CVE-2017-17880High
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in WriteWEBPImage in coders/webp.c, related to a WEBP_DECODER_ABI_VERSION check.
- CVE-2017-17879High
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c, related to length calculation and caused by an off-by-one error.
- CVE-2017-16546High
The ReadWPGImage function in ImageMagick 7.0.7-9 does not properly validate the colormap index in a WPG palette, which may lead to denial of service or other unspecified impacts via a malformed WPG file.
- CVE-2017-15281High
The ReadPSDImage function in coders/psd.c in ImageMagick 7.0.7-6 has a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause application crashes or potentially other unspecified impacts via a crafted file.
- CVE-2017-15033High
ImageMagick version 7.0.7-2 contains a memory leak in ReadYUVImage in coders/yuv.c.
- CVE-2017-14739High
The AcquireResampleFilterThreadSet function in ImageMagick 7.0.7-4 mishandles failed memory allocation, which can lead to denial of service via NULL Pointer Dereference in DistortImage.
- CVE-2017-14682High
GetNextToken in MagickCore/token.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SVG document.
- CVE-2017-14137High
The ReadWEBPImage function in coders/webp.c in ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 has an issue with excessive memory allocation that depends only on a length field in a header.
- CVE-2017-13146High
In ImageMagick before version 6.9.8-5 and 7.x before version 7.0.5-6, there is a memory leak in the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c.
- CVE-2017-13143High
In ImageMagick before 6.9.7-6 and 7.x before 7.0.4-6, the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c uses uninitialized data, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory.
Original NVD description (English source)
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the XBM image decoder (ReadXBMImage) allows an attacker to write controlled data past the allocated heap buffer when processing a maliciously crafted image file. Any operation that reads or identifies an image can trigger the overflow, making it exploitable via common image upload and processing pipelines. Versions 7.1.2-13 and 6.9.13-38 fix the issue.

