ImageMagick Stack Overflow in FX Parser <7.1.2-19 & <6.9.13-44
CVE-2026-33902 Published on April 13, 2026
ImageMagick: Stack Overflow via Recursive FX Expression Parsing
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions below both 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44, a stack overflow vulnerability in ImageMagick's FX expression parser allows an attacker to crash the process by providing a deeply nested expression. This issue has been fixed in versions 6.9.13-44 and 7.1.2-19.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-33902 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Stack Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion which takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
CVE-2026-33902 has been classified to as a Stack Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-33902
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Affected Versions
ImageMagick:- Version < 7.1.2-19 is affected.
- Version < 6.9.13-44 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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