CVE-2026-23952 (GCVE-0-2026-23952)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 00:32 – Updated: 2026-01-22 21:43
VLAI
Title
ImageMagick has a NULL pointer dereference in MSL parser via <comment> tag before image load
Summary
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions 14.10.1 and below have a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tags before images are loaded. This can lead to DoS attack due to assertion failure (debug builds) or NULL pointer dereference (release builds). This issue is fixed in version 14.10.2.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: < 14.10.2
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