Vulnerability · Published Oct 12, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-109268ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Use After Free in PDF Writer via JPEG2000

Low 3.7

In plain English

A low-severity use-after-free in ImageMagick from ImageMagick. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.7Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a use after free vulnerability in the PDF writer when writing CMYK images with JPEG2000 compression. Attackers can supply a crafted CMYK image that, when written to PDF with JPEG2000 compression, causes freed memory to be reused, potentially crashing the process.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12imagemagick8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u15DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109268
Debian:13imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u14DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109268
Debian:14imagemagick8:7.1.2.33+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109268
Ubuntu:26.10imagemagickno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-109268

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.0-0 – before 7.1.2-32
ImageMagick ImageMagick 0 – before 6.9.13-57

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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