{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2026-03-09T21:40:42Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via uninitialized pointer dereference in JBIG decoder",
    "id" : "2445902",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2445902"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-824",
  "details" : [ "ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41, an uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the JBIG decoder due to a missing check. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-16 and 6.9.13-41.", "A flaw was found in ImageMagick. This vulnerability, an uninitialized pointer dereference, exists in the JBIG decoder due to a missing check. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted image file, leading to a denial of service. This could make the ImageMagick application unavailable to users." ],
  "statement" : "This is an IMPORTANT vulnerability affecting ImageMagick, present in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ELS and 7 ELS. An uninitialized pointer dereference in the JBIG decoder could lead to a denial of service when processing a specially crafted JBIG image.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-06T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:6713",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7",
    "package" : "ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-15.el7_9"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "ImageMagick",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28691\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28691\nhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-wj8w-pjxf-9g4f" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-28691",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}