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5.3
ImageMagick Crashes When Processing Malformed Map Data in Images
CVE-2026-26983
GHSA-w8mw-frc6-r7m8
CVE-2026-26983
Summary
ImageMagick, a popular image editing software, may crash if it encounters a corrupted image with a malformed map element. This can happen when processing certain types of image files. If you're using ImageMagick, update to version 7.1.2-15 or 6.9.13-40 to fix this issue.
What to do
- Update magick.net-q16-anycpu to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-openmp-x86 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-x86 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-anycpu to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-x86 to version 14.10.3.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fix available |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | magick.net-q16-anycpu | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-openmp-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-anycpu | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | <= 6.9.13-40 | – |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | > 7.0.0-0 , <= 7.1.2-15 | – |
Original title
ImageMagick: Invalid MSL <map> can result in a use after free
Original 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, the MSL interpreter crashes when processing a invalid `<map>` element that causes it to use an image after it has been freed. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
nvd CVSS3.1
5.3
Vulnerability type
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-416
Use After Free
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26983
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7cfae4da24a995fb05386d77364ff4...
- https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.10.3
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8mw-frc6-r7m8
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-w8mw-frc6-r7... Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26983... Vendor Advisory
Published: 24 Feb 2026 · Updated: 12 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026