ImageMagick has heap overflow in pcd decoder that leads to out of bounds read.
Summary
ImageMagick has heap overflow in pcd decoder that leads to out of bounds read.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, ImageMagick lacks proper boundary checking when processing Huffman-coded data from PCD (Photo CD) files. The decoder contains an function that has an incorrect initialization that could cause an out of bounds read. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26284 imagemagick Fixed in: 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u11
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-26284 imagemagick Fixed in: 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm19
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov