Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-26284ImageMagick has heap overflow in pcd decoder that leads to out of bounds read.
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity heap buffer overflow 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 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, ImageMagick lacks proper boundary checking when processing Huffman-coded data from PCD (Photo CD) files. The decoder contains an function that has an incorrect initialization that could cause an out of bounds read. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.22 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-26284 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-26284 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-26284 |
| Debian:12 | imagemagick | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u8 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26284 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26284 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6 | DSA-6158-1 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26284 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-anycpu | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-anycpu | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x64 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x86 | 14.10.3 | GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-26284 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15< 6.9.13-40 |
Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L