Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-42326

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU131592

Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-42326

Published: May 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU131592
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-42326
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information and cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in the IPTC encoder when writing an IPTC output file. A remote attacker can supply a malicious input file to disclose sensitive information and cause a denial of service.

The out-of-bounds read is limited to a single byte.


Affected software

ImageMagick
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1
libMagick++-devel
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream
ImageMagick-debugsource
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debuginfo
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1
imagemagick (Debian package)
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
perl-PerlMagick
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-doc
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe

How to mitigate CVE-2026-42326

Install security update from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-47, 7.1.2-22
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
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 - 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
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1

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