CVE-2026-40183

A flaw was found in ImageMagick, a software for editing and manipulating digital images. When a user processes an image with the JXL encoder and specifies that it should be encoded as 16-bit floats, a heap write overflow occurs. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the application.

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.