ImageMagick has a heap-use-after-free via XMP profile could result in a crash when printing the values. — CVE-2026-40311

Summary

An heap use after free when reading an invalid XMP profile could result in a crash due to an heap use after free when printing the values.

Product

nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 | nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 | nuget: Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 | +8

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

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