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.
Published: 2026-10-12
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Use After Free in PDF Writer via JPEG2000
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-12T16:04:36.039Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T14:11:07.804Z

Link: CVE-2026-109268

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-12T17:17:18.930

Modified: 2026-10-12T17:17:18.930

Link: CVE-2026-109268

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-10-12T16:04:36Z

Links: CVE-2026-109268 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T06:45:15Z

Weaknesses