Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference Affecting magick.net-q16-anycpu package, versions [,14.10.2)
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- published21 Jan 2026
- disclosed21 Jan 2026
- creditKeryer
Introduced: 21 Jan 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-763 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to version 14.10.2 or higher.
Overview
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU is a Magick.NET allows you can use ImageMagick without having to install ImageMagick on your server or desktop.
More information about specific builds see the [official docs] (https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/tree/main/docs)
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference in the LoadOpenCLDeviceBenchmark function when parsing malformed XML files. An attacker can cause memory exhaustion and potential denial of service by placing specially crafted XML files with incomplete <device tags in the OpenCL cache directory.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the attacker has write access to the OpenCL cache directory and OpenCL is enabled.