CVE-2026-40169 (GCVE-0-2026-40169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-13 21:25 – Updated: 2026-04-14 15:52
VLAI
Title
ImageMagick: Heap buffer overflow (WRITE) in the YAML and JSON encoders
Summary
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.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: < 7.1.2-19
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