ImageMagick: Integer Overflow in JNX decoder causes heap buffer over-write when processing extremly large files on 32-bit buildsGHSA-h22j-f9xw-xjjm
MEDIUMGHSA-h22j-f9xw-xjjm is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.1) CWE-190 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-h22j-f9xw-xjjm.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-h22j-f9xw-xjjm by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 395,249 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q16-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q8-x86Real-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. In versions prior to both 6.9.13-52 and 7.1.2-27, processing an extremely large JNX file on 32-bit platforms can cause an integer overflow, leading to a heap buffer over-write. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-52 and 7.1.2-27.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-x86 | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-x86 --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU --version 14.15.0 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q8-x86 | all versions | 14.15.0dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-x86 --version 14.15.0 |
Affected Products
imagemagickimagemagickDetection & 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 14.15.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-h22j-f9xw-xjjm is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Constrain what reaches the vulnerable code: limit the size and shape of untrusted input, isolate the affected component in a sandboxed or least-privileged process, and enable the platform's memory-safety mitigations (ASLR, stack protector, hardened allocator) so an out-of-bounds access is more likely to fail closed than to be exploitable.
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.
This Moderate impact flaw in ImageMagick affects 32-bit systems, where processing an exceptionally large JNX image file can trigger an integer overflow. This leads to a heap buffer overwrite, causing a denial of service. The vulnerability requires local access and has high attack complexity, limiting its broader…
To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted JNX image files with ImageMagick on 32-bit systems. Restricting ImageMagick's exposure to untrusted or excessively large JNX files can reduce the risk of a denial of service.Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-h22j-f9xw-xjjm (CC BY 4.0)
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