CVE-2026-40311

low-risk
Published 2026-04-13

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions below 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44 contain a heap use-after-free vulnerability that can cause a crash when reading and printing values from an invalid XMP profile. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.

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No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal