CVE-2026-46692: imagemagick Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-46692 is a medium (CVSS 4.1) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-06-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-06-2026
   Last 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 7.1.2-23, an attacker who can connect to a magick -distribute-cache service can cause a heap buffer over-write in the server process. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().