CVE-2026-32636: ImageMagick has a heap-buffer-overflow in NewXMLTree which could result in crash

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-17 and 6.9.13-42, the NewXMLTree method contains a bug that could result in a crash due to an out of write bounds of a single zero byte. Versions 7.1.2-17 and 6.9.13-42 fix the issue.

Affected products

ImageMagick: before 6.9.13-42; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-17 — fixed in 6.9.13-42, 7.1.2-17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.13-42, 7.1.2-17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/releases/tag/7.1.2-17
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-gc62-2v5p-qpmp
https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.11.0

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