ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions 14.10.1 and below have a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tags before images are loaded. This can lead to DoS attack due to assertion failure (debug builds) or NULL pointer dereference (release builds). This issue is fixed in version 14.10.2.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5vx3-wx4q-6cj8 ImageMagick has a NULL pointer dereference in MSL parser via <comment> tag before image load
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Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:45:00 +0900

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Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions 14.10.1 and below have a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the MSL (Magick Scripting Language) parser when processing <comment> tags before images are loaded. This can lead to DoS attack due to assertion failure (debug builds) or NULL pointer dereference (release builds). This issue is fixed in version 14.10.2.
Title ImageMagick has a NULL pointer dereference in MSL parser via <comment> tag before image load
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-22T00:32:52.908Z

Reserved: 2026-01-19T14:49:06.312Z

Link: CVE-2026-23952

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-22T01:15:52.790

Modified: 2026-01-22T01:15:52.790

Link: CVE-2026-23952

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