ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-39/7.1.2-14 resource consumption

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-39/7.1.2-14. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-24484. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-39/7.1.2-14. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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, Magick fails to check for multi-layer nested mvg conversions to svg, leading to DoS. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-24484 since 01/23/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 300074 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-24484), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.9.13-40 or 7.1.2-15 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 0349df6d43d633bd61bb582d1e1e87d6332de32a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (300074) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0484). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source ImageMagick

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• Image Processing Software

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• ImageMagick

Version

• 6.9.13-39
• 7.1.2-14

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.imagemagick.org/

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