Release of invalid pointer or reference in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-22770

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Release of invalid pointer or reference in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-22770

Published: January 20, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU121670
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-22770
CWE-ID: CWE-763
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to invalid pointer in the BilateralBlurImage method. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition in the target system.


Affected software

ImageMagick
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
imagemagick (Debian package)
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-extra
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick
libMagick++-devel
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
perl-PerlMagick
ImageMagick-debugsource
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-doc
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-libs
ImageMagick-djvu
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-help

How to mitigate CVE-2026-22770

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2-13
imagemagick (Debian package) - addressed in versions 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u6, 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u5
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-extra - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.33.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.38.1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.8-4
ImageMagick-debuginfo - update to 7.1.2.13-1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.13-1
ImageMagick-debugsource - update to 7.1.2.13-1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.13-1
ImageMagick-help - update to 7.1.2.13-1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.13-1
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.13-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.13-1

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