CVE-2026-109268

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Description

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a use after free vulnerability in the PDF writer when writing CMYK images with JPEG2000 compression. Attackers can supply a crafted CMYK image that, when written to PDF with JPEG2000 compression, causes freed memory to be reused, potentially crashing the process.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-use-after-free-in-pdf-writer-via-jpeg2000

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/966e227a1a8b520ea1652e2eb3ca78b08d3206f5

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-j39j-wmxg-j8mv

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3285d692ebf200e9cbeff59d1ccc00caab99ad54

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-97712

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-12

Updated: 2026-10-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00366