CVE-2026-28691 — Unchecked Return Value in Imagemagick

CWE-252 — Unchecked Return ValueCWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
ImagemagickDebian Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedMar 10
Latest updateMar 12

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, an uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the JBIG decoder due to a missing check. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1 (forky)
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick7.0.0-0 — 7.1.2-16+1
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u7+1
▶CVEListV5imagemagick/imagemagick>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-16

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
ImageMagick has uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder↗2026-03-12
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OSV
ImageMagick has uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder↗2026-03-12
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OSV
CVE-2026-28691: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images↗2026-03-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder↗2026-03-09
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Debian
CVE-2026-28691: imagemagick - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating d...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-28691 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-28691 ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder↗2026-03-09
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CVE-2026-28691 — Unchecked Return Value in Imagemagick | cvebase