ImageMagick before 7.1.2-19 contains an off-by-one error in morphology validation allowing out-of-bounds heap buffer reads. Attackers can trigger heap buffer overflow by providing incorrect morphology parameters causing single pixel memory access violations.
CVE-2026-56361
Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-01. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 3.8.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.1
- EG Score
- 3.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 2.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 1, 2026
Last Modified
July 2, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 2, 2026ImageMagick - Heap Buffer Overflow via Off-by-One in Morphology Processing | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-heap-buffer-overflow-via-off-by-one-in-morphology-processingOff-by-one origin validation in allows out-of-bounds read in morphology processing · Advisory · ImageMagick/ImageMagick · GitHub
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-q8h3-jv9v-57qxVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56361(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(18 across 1 ecosystem)
NuGet(18)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (213 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (58 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (210 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (58 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (58 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (110 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (210 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (210 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (58 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (110 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-x64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (229 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q16-x86 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (229 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (213 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (58 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (58 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (110 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q8-x64 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (229 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
| Magick.NET-Q8-x86 | 10.0.0 ... 9.1.2 (229 versions) | 14.12.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 37× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-14 05:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-10 22:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-07 15:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-04 08:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-02 20:05 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
- 2026-07-01 17:06 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 4.8 · severity → LOW
- 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-01 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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