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ImageMagick: Heap Buffer Over-read in WaveletDenoise when processing small imagesGHSA-qpgx-jfcq-r59f

MEDIUMFix: ImageMagick/ImageMagick@0377e60

GHSA-qpgx-jfcq-r59f is a medium-severity (CVSS 4) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU. A fix is available for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2026-27798
Published
Updated
Affected
19 pkgs
Patched
19 / 19
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 15, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

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-qpgx-jfcq-r59f.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk+0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs10th percentile — riskier than 10% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.24%0.47%0.71%0.0%0.2%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

GHSA-qpgx-jfcq-r59f by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 389,824 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

19 pkgs affected
.NETMagick.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+11 more

Real-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

A heap buffer over-read vulnerability occurs when processing an image with small dimension using the -wavelet-denoise operator.

==3693336==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x511000001280 at pc 0x5602c8b0cc75 bp 0x7ffcb105d510 sp 0x7ffcb105d500
READ of size 4 at 0x511000001280 thread T0

Affected Packages

19 total 19 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
.NETNuGetMagick.NET-Q16-AnyCPUall versions14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3
.NETNuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPUall versions14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3
.NETNuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64all versions14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.3
.NETNuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64all versions14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.10.3
.NETNuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64all versions14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.10.3
.NETNuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64all versions14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.10.3

Affected Products

2 products · 3 configurations
Application
magick.netdlemstra
< 14.10.3
range
Application
imagemagickimagemagick
≥ 7.0.0-0 && < 7.1.2-15
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    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.

  2. Fix

    Update Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.10.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-qpgx-jfcq-r59f is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Stop feeding it untrusted input: reject or quarantine files and payloads from unverified sources until you can upgrade, restrict accepted formats to the ones you actually need, and run the parsing or decoding step in a least-privileged sandbox or short-lived worker so a crash or corrupted read cannot reach the rest of the process.

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 HatModerate

This MODERATE impact vulnerability in ImageMagick affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux. A heap buffer over-read can occur when processing images with small dimensions using the `-wavelet-denoise` operator. This flaw could lead to information disclosure or denial of service.

Workaround published by Red Hat
To reduce exposure, avoid processing untrusted or maliciously crafted images with ImageMagick. If processing untrusted content is necessary, consider executing ImageMagick operations within a sandboxed environment to contain potential risks.
Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-qpgx-jfcq-r59f (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently Asked Questions

A heap buffer over-read vulnerability occurs when processing an image with small dimension using the `-wavelet-denoise` operator. ``` ==3693336==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x511000001280 at pc 0x5602c8b0cc75 bp 0x7ffcb105d510 sp 0x7ffcb105d500 READ of size 4 at 0x511000001280 thread T0 ```
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