Security update for ImageMagick
This security update for ImageMagick addresses multiple denial of service vulnerabilities including memory budget exhaustion, memory leak in the MSL decoder, and heap-use-after-free issues in PerlMagick's GetList method and another heap-use-after-free vulnerability. These flaws could cause the application to crash or become unresponsive.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The update fixes four denial of service vulnerabilities in ImageMagick: CVE-2026-86420 involves memory budget exhaustion leading to denial of service; CVE-2026-86421 is a memory leak in the MSL decoder causing denial of service; CVE-2026-86423 is a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in PerlMagick's GetList method resulting in denial of service; and CVE-2026-86425 is another heap-use-after-free vulnerability causing denial of service. These issues could be exploited to disrupt service availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can cause denial of service conditions by exhausting memory resources or triggering use-after-free errors, leading to application crashes or unresponsiveness. There is no indication of code execution or data compromise from the provided information.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team to address these vulnerabilities. Applying the official update is recommended to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation guidance is provided or required.
Security update for ImageMagick
Description
This security update for ImageMagick addresses multiple denial of service vulnerabilities including memory budget exhaustion, memory leak in the MSL decoder, and heap-use-after-free issues in PerlMagick's GetList method and another heap-use-after-free vulnerability. These flaws could cause the application to crash or become unresponsive.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The update fixes four denial of service vulnerabilities in ImageMagick: CVE-2026-86420 involves memory budget exhaustion leading to denial of service; CVE-2026-86421 is a memory leak in the MSL decoder causing denial of service; CVE-2026-86423 is a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in PerlMagick's GetList method resulting in denial of service; and CVE-2026-86425 is another heap-use-after-free vulnerability causing denial of service. These issues could be exploited to disrupt service availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can cause denial of service conditions by exhausting memory resources or triggering use-after-free errors, leading to application crashes or unresponsiveness. There is no indication of code execution or data compromise from the provided information.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team to address these vulnerabilities. Applying the official update is recommended to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation guidance is provided or required.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- SUSE Product Security Team
- Advisory Id
- SUSE-SU-2026:23901-1
- Cve Count
- 4
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-86421","CVE-2026-86423","CVE-2026-86425"]
Threat ID: 6abd30802a4e24523d340035
Added to database: 09/30/2026, 15:53:36 UTC
Last enriched: 09/30/2026, 15:58:26 UTC
Last updated: 10/01/2026, 02:02:40 UTC
Views: 6
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