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, a heap buffer over-read vulnerability occurs when processing an image with small dimension using the `-wavelet-denoise` operator. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qpgx-jfcq-r59f ImageMagick: Heap Buffer Over-read in WaveletDenoise when processing small images
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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Description 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, a heap buffer over-read vulnerability occurs when processing an image with small dimension using the `-wavelet-denoise` operator. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Title ImageMagick: Heap Buffer Over-read in WaveletDenoise when processing small images
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-126
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-25T23:18:33.174Z

Reserved: 2026-02-24T02:31:33.266Z

Link: CVE-2026-27798

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-26T00:16:25.193

Modified: 2026-02-26T00:16:25.193

Link: CVE-2026-27798

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-25T23:18:33Z

Links: CVE-2026-27798 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-26T13:10:37Z

Weaknesses