Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions below 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44 contain a heap use-after-free vulnerability that can cause a crash when reading and printing values from an invalid XMP profile. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.
Published: 2026-04-13
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service (Crash)
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

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Tracking

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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-r83h-crwp-3vm7 ImageMagick has a heap-use-after-free via XMP profile could result in a crash when printing the values.
History

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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

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

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

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions below 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44 contain a heap use-after-free vulnerability that can cause a crash when reading and printing values from an invalid XMP profile. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.
Title ImageMagick: Heap-use-after-free via XMP profile could result in a crash when printing values
Weaknesses CWE-416
CWE-693
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-14T15:48:36.521Z

Reserved: 2026-04-10T21:41:54.505Z

Link: CVE-2026-40311

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T15:48:32.477Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-13T22:16:29.950

Modified: 2026-04-17T20:43:48.057

Link: CVE-2026-40311

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-13T21:36:44Z

Links: CVE-2026-40311 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T16:32:57Z

Weaknesses