CVE-2026-28494

A flaw was found in ImageMagick. This vulnerability, a stack buffer overflow, allows an attacker to cause stack corruption by providing maliciously crafted kernel strings. This can lead to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service (DoS), impacting the availability and integrity of the system.

This is an IMPORTANT vulnerability in ImageMagick, where a stack buffer overflow can occur when processing specially crafted morphology kernel strings. This flaw is triggered when ImageMagick processes user-controlled input containing overly long kernel names or arrays. Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems utilizing ImageMagick are affected if they process untrusted image files.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.