CVE-2026-40311 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick: Heap-use-after-free via XMP profile could result in a crash when printing values

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.04.2026 Published: 13.04.2026 Updated: 14.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 5.5

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Version < 7.1.2-19 is affected Version < 6.9.13-44 is affected

References

Problem Types

CWE-416: Use After Free CWE
CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure CWE