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CVE-2026-53462: ImageMagick: Use-After-Free when allocation in CheckPrimitiveExtent fails
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-06-10 · updated 2026-07-23
- Weakness: CWE-416
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 products
- ImageMagick: before 6.9.13-50; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-25 — fixed in 6.9.13-50, 7.1.2-25
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.13-50, 7.1.2-25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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