CVE-2026-45359: imagemagick Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-45359 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6Timeline
- 10-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-22, an invalid connected-components:keep-top value could result in a heap buffer over-read when performing the connected components operation. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-22.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- OSV · NugetEcosystem advisory · calculated5.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- NVDNIST5.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
5%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.04 pp
From 0.12% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadThe product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
- CWE-129Improper Validation of Array IndexThe product uses untrusted input when calculating or using an array index, but the product does not validate or incorrectly validates the index to ensure the index references a valid position within the array.
Affected systems
NuGet18 products
- magick.net-q16-anycpu< 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-arm64< 14.13.1
- magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu< 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64< 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64< 14.13.1
Debian1 product
- imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u10 | < 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u9 | < 8:7.1.2.23+dfsg1-1
Imagemagick1 product
- imagemagick< 7.1.2-22 | < 6.9.13-48 | ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-22
Ubuntu1 product
- imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 21 products
References
9 links- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-vhrh-72hq-w8m7X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTWEBVendor Advisory
