GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 — Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
HIGHGHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-122 vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU. A fix is available for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU — see the affected versions and patch details below.
ImageMagick: Heap Buffer Over-Write in IPL decoder when reading multiple images of different dimensions
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,842 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64+10 moreReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23, when reading multiple images with different dimensions an out of bounds heap write can occur. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-48 and 7.1.2-23.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.13.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | all versions | 14.13.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.13.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.13.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support | ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-17.el7_9 | RHSA-2026:32961 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-36wm-hprc-mcf5 across NuGet dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.