CVE-2026-26284 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-26284: ImageMagick has heap overflow in pcd decoder that leads to out of bounds read.

Vendor Imagemagick
Product ImageMagick
Weakness CWE-122
Published February 24, 2026
Last update February 24, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 24, 2026 CVE published
February 24, 2026 Record updated