4.0
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-28688
ImageMagick has a heap use-after-free in the MSL encoder
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, a heap-use-after-free vulnerability exists in the MSL encoder, where a cloned image is destroyed twice. The MSL coder does not support writing MSL so the write capability has been removed. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.

INFO

Published Date :

March 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

GitHub_M
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-28688 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
Solution
Update ImageMagick to fixed versions to address heap-use-after-free.
  • Update ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-16 or later.
  • Update ImageMagick to version 6.9.13-41 or later.

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Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4
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