CVE-2026-40169 (GCVE-0-2026-40169)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-13 21:25 – Updated: 2026-04-13 21:25
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)
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| ImageMagick | ImageMagick |
Affected:
< 7.1.2-19
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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