CVE-2026-24485

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, when a PCD file does not contain a valid Sync marker, the DecodeImage() function becomes trapped in an infinite loop while searching for the Sync marker, causing the program to become unresponsive and continuously consume CPU resources, ultimately leading to system resource exhaustion and denial of service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

How to fix CVE-2026-24485

To remediate CVE-2026-24485, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

—upgrade to 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
—upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
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Is CVE-2026-24485 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+deb11u10
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3
from 0, < 14.10.3

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H