Vulnerability · Published Apr 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-40311ImageMagick: Heap-use-after-free via XMP profile could result in a crash when printing values
Medium 5.5
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 8% 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. 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.19-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-40311 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | imagemagick | 7.1.2.19-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-40311 |
| Debian:12 | imagemagick | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u9 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40311 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u8 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40311 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.19+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40311 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-anycpu | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-arm64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x86 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-anycpu | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-arm64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x64 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x86 | 14.12.0 | GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40311 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | < 7.1.2-19< 6.9.13-44 |
Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-693 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-r83h-crwp-3vm7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5facfecf1abb3fed46a08f614dcc43d1e548e20d x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/releases/tag/7.1.2-19 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.12.0 x_refsource_MISC