Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-53462ImageMagick: Use-After-Free when allocation in CheckPrimitiveExtent fails
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-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 0.2% (higher than 14% 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 6.9.13-50 and 7.1.2-25, when an allocation fails in CheckPrimitiveExtent this can result in a heap-use-after-free and result in a crash. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-50 and 7.1.2-25.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.25-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-53462 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.25-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-53462 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.25+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53462 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-anycpu | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-arm64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x86 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-anycpu | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-arm64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x64 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x86 | 14.14.0 | GHSA-px7q-ggqj-hcf2 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53462 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53462 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | < 6.9.13-50< 7.1.2-25 |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H