CVE-2026-40311
ImageMagick has a heap-use-after-free via XMP profile could result in a crash when printing the values.
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.01%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2026-40311
To remediate CVE-2026-40311, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u12 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
- —upgrade to 14.12.0 or later
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Is CVE-2026-40311 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (17)
- from 0, < 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u12
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
- from 0, < 14.12.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |