CVE-2026-40311
Received Received - Intake
Use-After-Free in ImageMagick XMP Profile Parsing Causes Crash

Publication date: 2026-04-13

Last updated on: 2026-04-17

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions below 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44 contain a heap use-after-free vulnerability that can cause a crash when reading and printing values from an invalid XMP profile. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.
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Published
2026-04-13
Last Modified
2026-04-17
Generated
2026-06-16
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2026-04-14
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2026-40311
EUVD
EUVD-2026-22130
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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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CWE ID Description
CWE-416 The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
CWE-693 The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-19 or later, or 6.9.13-44 or later, as these versions contain the fix for the heap use-after-free issue.

Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in ImageMagick versions below 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44. It is a heap use-after-free issue that occurs when the software reads and prints values from an invalid XMP profile. This can cause the program to crash.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can cause ImageMagick to crash when processing certain images with invalid XMP profiles. This may lead to denial of service or instability in applications that rely on ImageMagick for image processing.

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