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, an uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the JBIG decoder due to a missing check. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.
Published: 2026-03-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of service
Action: 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-wj8w-pjxf-9g4f ImageMagick has uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder
History

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


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

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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, an uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the JBIG decoder due to a missing check. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.
Title ImageMagick has an uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder
Weaknesses CWE-252
CWE-824
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-10T15:58:54.681Z

Reserved: 2026-03-02T21:43:19.927Z

Link: CVE-2026-28691

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T15:58:52.055Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-10T07:43:44.280

Modified: 2026-03-11T17:40:00.793

Link: CVE-2026-28691

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-09T21:40:42Z

Links: CVE-2026-28691 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-18T09:45:25Z

Weaknesses