Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-45664

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Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-45664

Published: May 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131585
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-45664
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in the MNG decoder when processing crafted MNG images. A remote attacker can supply input that causes the decoder to read more images than the list limit policy allows to cause a denial of service.


Affected software

ImageMagick
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
imagemagick (Debian package)
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
perl-PerlMagick
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel
libMagick++-devel-32bit
ImageMagick-doc
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-djvu
ImageMagick-libs

How to mitigate CVE-2026-45664

Install security update from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-47, 7.1.2-22
imagemagick (Debian package) - addressed in versions 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u10, 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u9
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13.48-1, 7.1.2.23-1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-extra - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
perl-PerlMagick - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-devel - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.15-12
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.15-12
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.15-12
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.15-12
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.15-12
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.2.15-12
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.2.15-12
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.2.15-12

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