ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-46/7.1.2-21 Digital Image Parser resource consumption

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-46/7.1.2-21. This impacts an unknown function of the component Digital Image Parser. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-45664. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-46/7.1.2-21. This affects an unknown code of the component Digital Image Parser. 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. The summary by CVE is:

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 6.9.13-47 and 7.1.2-22, because of a missing check in the MNG coder it would be possible to read more images than the list limit policy would allow resulting in excessive resource use. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-47 and 7.1.2-22.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-45664 since 05/12/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.9.13-47 or 7.1.2-22 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Image Processing Software

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• ImageMagick

Version

• 6.9.13-46
• 7.1.2-21

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• open-source

Website

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

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