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CVE-2026-26283

Published: Feb 24, 2026

Modified: Feb 24, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

Description

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, a `continue` statement in the JPEG extent binary search loop in the jpeg encoder causes an infinite loop when writing persistently fails. An attacker can trigger a 100% CPU consumption and process hang (Denial of Service) with a crafted image. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

VendorProductVersions

ImageMagick

ImageMagick

affected
>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15
affected
< 6.9.13-40

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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