CVE-2026-32636

ImageMagick has a heap-buffer-overflow in NewXMLTree which could result in crash

Published Mar 18, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-17 and 6.9.13-42, the NewXMLTree method contains a bug that could result in a crash due to an out of write bounds of a single zero byte. Versions 7.1.2-17 and 6.9.13-42 fix the issue.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4539-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6210-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6240-1 imagemagick security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gc62-2v5p-qpmp ImageMagick has a heap-buffer-overflow in NewXMLTree which could result in crash
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8127-1 ImageMagick vulnerabilities
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
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Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-17 and 6.9.13-42, the NewXMLTree method contains a bug that could result in a crash due to an out of write bounds of a single zero byte. Versions 7.1.2-17 and 6.9.13-42 fix the issue.
Title ImageMagick has a heap-buffer-overflow in NewXMLTree which could result in crash
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 19, 2026, 2:55 PM
Reserved
Mar 12, 2026, 3:29 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 18, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:36 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 18, 2026, 8:39 PM