CVE-2026-26284 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick has heap overflow in pcd decoder that leads to out of bounds read.

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 12.02.2026 Published: 24.02.2026 Updated: 24.02.2026

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, ImageMagick lacks proper boundary checking when processing Huffman-coded data from PCD (Photo CD) files. The decoder contains an function that has an incorrect initialization that could cause an out of bounds read. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 6.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Version >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15 is affected Version < 6.9.13-40 is affected

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-wrhr-rf8j-r842

Problem Types

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE