CVE-2026-30883

A flaw was found in ImageMagick, a free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing an extremely large image profile when encoding a PNG image. This could result in a heap overflow, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), which makes the affected system or application unavailable to legitimate users.

This MODERATE impact vulnerability in ImageMagick affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ELS and 7 ELS. A heap overflow can occur when processing an extremely large image profile during PNG encoding. Exploitation requires an attacker to provide a specially crafted image file for processing.

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.

To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted or maliciously crafted image files with ImageMagick. Users should exercise caution when handling image files from unknown or suspicious sources.