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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : ImageMagick vulnerabilities (USN-8127-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 304429

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8127-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly process certain tags prior to an image being loaded.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-23952)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly handle temporary file creation failures. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-25795)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory under certain conditions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-25796)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially crafted image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-25798)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly validate certain YUV sampling factors. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2026-25799)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially crafted image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2026-25970)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly managed memory when handling certain specially crafted image files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-25988)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain crafted image profiles. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to consume available resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-26066)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled large image profiles when encoding PNG images. An attacker could use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-30883)

 Kamil Frankowicz discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain XML data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-32636)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8127-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 304429

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8127-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/31/2026

Updated: 3/31/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-30883

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-9t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-6-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-5v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-7t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6-arch-config, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16hdri-7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16hdri-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-6.q16hdri, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16hdri-8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-6.q16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore5-extra, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16hdri-9t64, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perlmagick, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-q16-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b5

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23952, CVE-2026-25795, CVE-2026-25796, CVE-2026-25798, CVE-2026-25799, CVE-2026-25970, CVE-2026-25988, CVE-2026-26066, CVE-2026-30883, CVE-2026-32636

IAVB: 2026-B-0004-S, 2026-B-0051-S, 2026-B-0067

USN: 8127-1