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CVE-2026-28687

ImageMagick has a Heap Use-After-Free in ImageMagick MSL decoder

Published: Mar 9, 2026Updated: Mar 12, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-416
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 84.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, a heap use-after-free vulnerability in ImageMagick's MSL decoder allows an attacker to trigger access to freed memory by crafting an MSL file. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected Products

ImageMagickImageMagick
On-premLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPUNuGetOSS Libraries
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPUNuGetOSS Libraries
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64NuGetOSS Libraries
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64NuGetOSS Libraries
imagemagickoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka graphicsmagick, libmagick
nugetpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
and 16 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-fpvf-frm6-625q
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28687
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick
github.com
and 1 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Mar 9, 2026
Last Updated
Mar 12, 2026

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