CVE-2026-23952
ImageMagick has a NULL pointer dereference in MSL parser via <comment> tag before image load
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions 14.10.1 and below have a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tags before images are loaded. This can lead to DoS attack due to assertion failure (debug builds) or NULL pointer dereference (release builds). This issue is fixed in version 14.10.2.
How to fix CVE-2026-23952
To remediate CVE-2026-23952, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u9 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.2 or later
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Is CVE-2026-23952 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (20)
- from 0, < 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u9
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
- from 0, < 14.10.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |