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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40183

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.

Products
imagemagick
Affected versions
8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1ubuntu2, 8:7.1.2.12+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.13+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3, 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm4, 8:7.1.2.25+dfsg1-2, 8:7.1.2.27+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.3+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1, 8:7.1.2.31+dfsg1-1, 8:7.1.2.8+dfsg1-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-40183
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 03:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40183

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Apr 2026, 22:16 UTC

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.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40183

imagemagick

Fixed versions: Not specified

imagemagick

Fixed versions: Not specified

imagemagick

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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