{"id":"CVE-2026-40169","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-40169","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:09:53.979Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2026-04-13T22:16:29.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:44:49.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"affected":["imagemagick/imagemagick"],"epss":{"score":0.0018,"percentile":0.0755,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f86452a8aea37bf2b4bd36127f836dcc5f138b38","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/releases/tag/7.1.2-19","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-5592-p365-24xh","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.12.0","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40169","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}