CVE-2026-28688 (GCVE-0-2026-28688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-09 21:38 – Updated: 2026-03-10 16:02
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Title
ImageMagick has a heap use-after-free in the MSL encoder
Summary
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 exists in the MSL encoder, where a cloned image is destroyed twice. The MSL coder does not support writing MSL so the write capability has been removed. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16
Affected: < 6.9.13-41
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