Low severity · published Oct 12, 2026
CVE-2026-109268
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Use After Free in PDF Writer via JPEG2000
3.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a use after free vulnerability in the PDF writer when writing CMYK images with JPEG2000 compression. Attackers can supply a crafted CMYK image that, when written to PDF with JPEG2000 compression, causes freed memory to be reused, potentially crashing the process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
ImageMagick · ImageMagick
7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-32; before 6.9.13-57 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109268
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109268
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-j39j-wmxg-j8mv
patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3285d692ebf200e9cbeff59d1ccc00caab99ad54
patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/966e227a1a8b520ea1652e2eb3ca78b08d3206f5
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-use-after-free-in-pdf-writer-via-jpeg2000
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