CVE-2026-46522 | ImageMagick: Infinite Loop in the MIFF decoder can lead to CPU exhaustion

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ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48, due to a missing check in the MIFF decoder, a crafted file could cause an infinite loop resulting in CPU exhaustion. Versions 7.1.2.23 and 6.9.13-48 fix the issue.

Published: 2026-06-10 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-46522 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2026-46522

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
52595 exploit_db edb 2026-05-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-46522

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-23 1.38% 1.26% -0.13%
2 2026-06-15 1.06% 1.38% +0.32%
3 2026-06-11 — 1.06% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-46522

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-46522

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-46522

GHSA-7gg8-qqx7-92g5 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: nuget — ImageMagick: Infinite Loop in the MIFF decoder can lead to CPU exhaustion

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-46522

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-46522 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46522
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46522
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46522/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-46522 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 9. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46522

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-46522

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick < 6.9.13-48 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-23 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-46522

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