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CVE-2026-56376

Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
23/06/2026
Last modified:
24/06/2026

Description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contains a heap use-after-free in the meta coder: when memory allocation fails, a single byte is written to a stale pointer. Remote attackers can trigger it by processing specially crafted image files, causing a denial of service.

Impact

Vector 4.0
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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.30 MEDIUM
Vector: 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

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): None
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0
6.30
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM
Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x
3.70
Severity 3.x
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.9.13-40 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.0.0-0 (including) 7.1.2-15 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools