Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, a stack buffer overflow exists in ImageMagick's morphology kernel parsing functions. User-controlled kernel strings exceeding a buffer are copied into fixed-size stack buffers via memcpy without bounds checking, resulting in stack corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.
Published: 2026-03-09
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stack buffer overflow leading to potential arbitrary code execution via malformed morphology kernels
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4539-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6169-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6210-1 imagemagick security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-932h-jw47-73jm ImageMagick vulnerable to stack corruption through long morphology kernel names or arrays
History

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, a stack buffer overflow exists in ImageMagick's morphology kernel parsing functions. User-controlled kernel strings exceeding a buffer are copied into fixed-size stack buffers via memcpy without bounds checking, resulting in stack corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.
Title ImageMagick affected by stack corruption through long morphology kernel names or arrays
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


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Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-10T14:41:51.357Z

Reserved: 2026-02-27T20:57:47.708Z

Link: CVE-2026-28494

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T14:41:45.791Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-10T07:43:40.040

Modified: 2026-03-12T15:18:08.087

Link: CVE-2026-28494

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-09T21:31:36Z

Links: CVE-2026-28494 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-17T12:00:11Z

Weaknesses