5.3

CVE-2026-28688: imagemagick Use After Free

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-28688DEBIAN-CVE-2026-28688GHSA-xxw5-m53x-j38c
Published 09-03-2026Last modified 10-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-28688 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Use After Free vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · +0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 8
DSA-6169-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10386-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20405-1SUSE-SU-2026:1201-1SUSE-SU-2026:1202-1SUSE-SU-2026:1203-1

Timeline

  1. 09-03-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, a heap-use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MSL encoder, where a cloned image is destroyed twice. The MSL coder does not support writing MSL so the write capability has been removed. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.14 pp

From 0.19% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

NuGet19 products
  • magick.net-q16-anycpu< 14.10.4
  • Magick.NET-Q16-arm64< 14.10.4
  • magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu< 14.10.4
  • Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64< 14.10.4
  • Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64< 14.10.4
Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u8 | < 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7 | < 8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1
Imagemagick1 product
  • imagemagick≥ 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16 | < 6.9.13-41 | ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-16
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm23 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm22 | < 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm14 | < 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm12 | < 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm12 | < 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm11 | All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 22 products

References

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