CVE-2026-46522
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
High risk76th percentile - higher than 76% of all known CVEs
Summary
In ImageMagick prior to versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48, a missing check in the MIFF decoder allows a crafted file to cause an infinite loop, leading to CPU exhaustion.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, overloading the server or workstation processing images.
Recommendation
Immediately update ImageMagick to version 7.1.2.23 or 6.9.13-48, which contain the fix for this issue.
Original NVD description (English source)
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48, due to a missing check in the MIFF decoder, a crafted file could cause an infinite loop resulting in CPU exhaustion. Versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48 fix the issue.