---
id: CVE-2026-53464
title: >-
  ImageMagick: Memory Leak in wand option parser when providing invalid
  arguments
summary: >-
  ImageMagick: Memory Leak in wand option parser when providing invalid
  arguments
severity: medium
cvss: 4
cwe:
  - CWE-401
vendor: Magick
product: Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
ecosystem: nuget
affected:
  - Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-x64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-x86 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-x64 < 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-x86 < 14.14.0
patched:
  - Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-x64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q16-x86 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-x64 14.14.0
  - Magick.NET-Q8-x86 14.14.0
published: '2026-06-26'
updated: '2026-06-26'
source: GHSA
sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j989-f892-2335'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-j989-f892-2335
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53464'
  - url: 'https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.14.0'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j989-f892-2335'
tags:
  - ghsa
  - nuget
epss: 0.00154
epssPercentile: 0.03838
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:35.072Z'
---

## Overview

When providing invalid options to the wand option parser a small memory leak will occur.

## Affected packages

- `Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-x64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-x86 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-x64 < 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-x86 < 14.14.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-x64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q16-x86 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-x64 14.14.0`
- `Magick.NET-Q8-x86 14.14.0`