CVE-2026-56373 json
ImageMagick - Use-After-Free Write in PDB Decoder
published 2026-02-25 8 mo ago modified 2026-10-29 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-42889 , GHSA-3j4x-rwrx-xxj9 , GHSA-j6f7-9c5w-9r2q , JLSEC-2026-1054
- cvss
- 3.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x86 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x64 14.10.3
- nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x86 14.10.3
- julia ImageMagick_jll 7.1.2023+0
- ImageMagick ImageMagick 6.9.13-40, 7.1.2-15
- imagemagick Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u12
- imagemagick Debian 13 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u12
- imagemagick Debian 14 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-56373
- imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm25
- imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm24
- imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm16
- imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm14
- imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm14
- imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm13
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56373
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
- ImageMagick SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1
- ImageMagick SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 7.1.2.0-160000.12.1
- ImageMagick SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
- ImageMagick SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 6.8.8.1-71.264.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3219-1SUSE-SU-2026:3194-1SUSE-SU-2026:3193-1SUSE-SU-2026:3192-1SUSE-SU-2026:22829-1
- ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 16.0 7.1.2.0-160000.12.1
- ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.2.27-2.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21391-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11273-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-56373 updated cvss 5.9
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Use-after-free vulnerability in PDB decoder allows denial of service or limited data corruption.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perlaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 4 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-x64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q16-x86 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q8-x64 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| nuget | Magick.NET-Q8-x86 | <14.10.3 |
14.10.3 |
| julia | ImageMagick_jll | <7.1.2023+0 |
7.1.2023+0 |
Affected products
- ImageMagick ImageMagick
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-416 Use After Free
References
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github.com
/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/168ffe18def968f886c023146a478897866fd621
web
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github.com
/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-3j4x-rwrx-xxj9
vendor-advisory, web
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vulncheck.com
/advisories/imagemagick-use-after-free-write-in-pdb-decoder
third-party-advisory, web
-
github.com
/ImageMagick/ImageMagick
package
-
github.com
/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.10.3
web
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-j6f7-9c5w-9r2q
web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56373
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-56373
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3j4x-rwrx-xxj9
- NVD CVE-2026-56373
- OSV JLSEC-2026-1054
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