CVE-2026-86425
ImageMagick: PerlMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service due to heap-use-after-free vulnerability
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 7, 2026
Updated · September 10, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in ImageMagick and PerlMagick. An attacker can exploit a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the Layer method by providing a specially crafted list of images. This can lead to memory corruption and cause a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the application.
Statement
Red Hat has evaluated this issue and determined it is of Low severity. No fix is currently planned for the affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Support versions.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
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.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference