GHSA-gq5v-qf8q-fp77

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ImageMagick: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GetPixelIndex due to metadata-cache desynchronization

view advisory published 2026-02-25Licence: CC-BY-4.0

`OpenPixelCache` updates image channel metadata **before** attempting pixel cache memory allocation. When both memory and disk allocation fail a heap-buffer-overflow read in occurs in any writer that calls `GetPixelIndex`.

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CVE-2026-56362USmedium4.2—
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 contains a heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability in GetPixelIndex caused by OpenPixelCache updating image channel metadata before pixel cache memory a…
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