CVE-2026-109268
LOW severity · CVSS 3.7 · Use-after-free
3.7CVSS LOW
Summary
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a use after free vulnerability in the PDF writer when writing CMYK images with JPEG2000 compression. Attackers can supply a crafted CMYK image that, when written to PDF with JPEG2000 compression, causes freed memory to be reused, potentially crashing the process.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactLow
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3285d692ebf200e9cbeff59d1ccc00caab99ad54 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3285d692ebf200e9cbeff59d1ccc00caab99ad54Patch
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/966e227a1a8b520ea1652e2eb3ca78b08d3206f5Patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-use-after-free-in-pdf-writer-via-jpeg2000Patch
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-j39j-wmxg-j8mvAdvisory