Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below both 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44, an integer overflow in the despeckle operation causes a heap buffer overflow on 32-bit builds that will result in an out of bounds write. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.
Published: 2026-04-13
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Memory Corruption
Action: Patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4559-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6240-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6245-1 imagemagick security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-26qp-ffjh-2x4v ImageMagick has an integer overflow in despeckle operation causing a heap buffer overflow on 32-bit builds
History

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below both 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44, an integer overflow in the despeckle operation causes a heap buffer overflow on 32-bit builds that will result in an out of bounds write. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.
Title ImageMagick: Integer overflow in despeckle operation causes heap buffer overflow on 32-bit builds
Weaknesses CWE-190
CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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: 2026-04-14T13:46:39.542Z

Reserved: 2026-03-26T16:22:29.034Z

Link: CVE-2026-34238

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T13:46:33.629Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-13T22:16:29.310

Modified: 2026-04-17T21:22:41.077

Link: CVE-2026-34238

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-13T21:14:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-34238 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T16:33:09Z

Weaknesses