NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-IMAGEMAGICK-15050583
  • published14 Mar 2026
  • disclosed22 Jan 2026

Introduced: 22 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-23952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm9 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions 14.10.1 and below have a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tags before images are loaded. This can lead to DoS attack due to assertion failure (debug builds) or NULL pointer dereference (release builds). This issue is fixed in version 14.10.2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1