Input validation error in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-49218

 

Input validation error in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-49218

Published: May 31, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU133102
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-49218
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 improper input validation in the DCM decoder when parsing crafted DCM images. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted DCM image to cause a denial of service.

The issue can produce an image with invalid dimensions, which may lead to crashes in subsequent operations.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2026-49218

Install security update from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-48, 7.1.2-24
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 6.9.13.49-1
ImageMagick - update to 6.9.13.49-1
ImageMagick-help - update to 6.9.13.49-1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 6.9.13.49-1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 6.9.13.49-1
ImageMagick-debugsource - update to 6.9.13.49-1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - update to 6.9.13.49-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 6.9.13.49-1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - 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
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-devel-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
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - 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
libMagickCore-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
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - 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-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - 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 - 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
ImageMagick-debugsource - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
ImageMagick-extra - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
imagemagick (Debian package) - update to 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u10

External References

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