{"id":"CVE-2026-109279","title":"ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 lacks proper synchronization when the security policy is accessed, so simultaneous reads and writes of the policy by multiple threads trigger a race condition that causes a heap buffer…","summary":"ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 lacks proper synchronization when the security policy is accessed, so simultaneous reads and writes of the policy by multiple threads trigger a race condition that causes a heap buffer…","severity":"low","cvss":2.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-362"],"published":"2026-10-12","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T17:17:20.577","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109279","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/12db6f04e895deae4537ead10c771a244607794a","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8x3v-wr32-qqh4","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/9ddc71abea5cbe7d18164fa0f0077a105cab514f","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-heap-buffer-overflow-via-concurrent-security-policy-access","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-12T18:00:08.186Z","slug":"CVE-2026-109279","body":"## Overview\n\nImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 lacks proper synchronization when the security policy is accessed, so simultaneous reads and writes of the policy by multiple threads trigger a race condition that causes a heap buffer over-write. An attacker able to induce concurrent security policy access can crash the application, causing a denial of service.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":14,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":13.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}