CVE-2026-33902
Stack Overflow in ImageMagick FX Parser Causes Process Crash
Publication date: 2026-04-13
Last updated on: 2026-04-17
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | to 6.9.13-44 (exc) |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | From 7.0.0-0 (inc) to 7.1.2-19 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-674 | The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a stack overflow issue in the FX expression parser of ImageMagick, a software used for editing and manipulating digital images. It occurs in versions below 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44 when an attacker provides a deeply nested expression, causing the process to crash.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can cause the ImageMagick process to crash, leading to a denial of service. This means that an attacker could disrupt the normal operation of systems using vulnerable versions of ImageMagick by exploiting this stack overflow.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, you should upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-19 or later, or version 6.9.13-44 or later, as these versions contain the fix for the stack overflow issue in the FX expression parser.