CVE-2026-40169

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 8 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.18% (8th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
33 products
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Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, a crafted image could result in an out of bounds heap write when writing a yaml or json output, resulting in a crash. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-19.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v3.16.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.6
v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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CWE-122USCWE-122USCWE-122USCWE-787US
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affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-1075ImageMagick: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-13csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in ImageMagick ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder andere, nicht näher spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu erreichen.

  • GHSA-5592-p365-24xhImageMagick has a heap buffer overflow (WRITE) in the YAML and JSON encoders.2026-04-14ghsa · osvUS

    A crafted image could result in an out of bounds heap write when writing a yaml or json output and that could result in a crash.

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also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundnvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-04-13modified 2026-09-22
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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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