ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, the JXL encoder has an heap write overflow when a user specifies that the image should be encoded as 16 bit floats. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-19.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jvgr-9ph5-m8v4 ImageMagick has a heap buffer overflow when encoding JXL image with a 16-bit float
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Solution

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History

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-787
References
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threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below 7.1.2-19, the JXL encoder has an heap write overflow when a user specifies that the image should be encoded as 16 bit floats. This issue has been fixed in version 7.1.2-19.
Title ImageMagick: Heap buffer overflow when encoding JXL image with a 16-bit float
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-14T19:27:39.187Z

Reserved: 2026-04-09T20:59:17.619Z

Link: CVE-2026-40183

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T19:23:18.395Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-13T22:16:29.643

Modified: 2026-04-13T22:16:29.643

Link: CVE-2026-40183

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-13T21:28:20Z

Links: CVE-2026-40183 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T16:32:59Z

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