Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-IMAGEMAGICK-17966049
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed13 Apr 2026

Introduced: 13 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-40310  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest imagemagick to version 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions below both 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44, contain a heap out-of-bounds write in the JP2 encoder with when a user specifies an invalid sampling index. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1