ImageMagick has possible memory leak in ASHLAR coder when action failsGHSA-6p22-q7w5-33pg
LOWGHSA-6p22-q7w5-33pg is a low-severity (CVSS 3.3) CWE-401 vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU. A fix is available for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- 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-6p22-q7w5-33pg.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64+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 through 7.1.2-18 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the ASHLAR coder when an action fails. Attackers can trigger failed actions to exhaust memory resources and cause denial of service.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.11.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.11.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.11.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.11.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.11.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.11.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | all versions | 14.11.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.11.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | all versions | 14.11.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.11.1 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | all versions | 14.11.1dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 --version 14.11.1 |
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 14.11.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6p22-q7w5-33pg 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.
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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ships ImageMagick in RHEL 6 ELS and RHEL 7 ELS. This flaw has been rated as having a Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of those products. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification:…
Do not process untrusted image files with ImageMagick. The ASHLAR coder can be disabled in ImageMagick's policy.xml if not needed: `<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="ASHLAR"/>`. Upgrade to ImageMagick 7.1.2-26 or 6.9.13-51 mitigates the issue.Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-6p22-q7w5-33pg (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
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