Findings

CVE-2026-40169

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images.

Published Apr 13, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · imagemagick imagemagick

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, a crafted image could result in an out of bounds heap write when writing a yaml or json output, resulting in a crash. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-19.

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  1. Apr 13, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, a crafted image could result in an out of bounds heap write when writing a yaml or json output, resulting in a crash. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-19.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, a crafted image could result in an out of bounds heap write when writing a yaml or json output, resulting in a crash. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-19.

Affected

  • cpe imagemagick/imagemagickversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40169

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40169

    ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, a crafted image could result in an out of bounds heap write when writing a yaml or json output, resulting in a crash. This issue has been fixed in version 7.

    nvd.nist.gov

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