CVE-2026-56373

Summary

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the PDB decoder that uses a stale pointer when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger this vulnerability by processing malicious PDB files to cause crashes or write a single zero byte to freed memory.

Impact & exploitability

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.

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-3j4x-rwrx-xxj9Advisory
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-use-after-free-write-in-pdb-decoderAdvisory