Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-8021-1

USN-8021-1: ImageMagick vulnerability

Publication date

10 February 2026

Overview

ImageMagick could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS 14.04 LTS

Packages

imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

Benny Isaacs discovered that ImageMagick did not properly manage memory
when processing certain image files. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
24.04 LTS noble	imagemagick-6.q16 – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	imagemagick-6.q16hdri – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libimage-magick-q16-perl – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagick++-6.q16-9t64 – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagick++-6.q16hdri-9t64 – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagickcore-6-headers – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64 – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7-extra – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7t64 – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64 – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
	libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-7t64 – 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm6
22.04 LTS jammy	imagemagick-6.q16 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	imagemagick-6.q16hdri – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libimage-magick-q16-perl – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagick++-6.q16-8 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagickwand-6.q16-6 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
	libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm7
20.04 LTS focal	libimage-magick-q16-perl – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagick++-6.q16-8 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagickcore-6-headers – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagickwand-6.q16-6 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
	libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm7
18.04 LTS bionic	imagemagick-6.q16 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	imagemagick-6.q16hdri – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libimage-magick-q16-perl – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagick++-6.q16-7 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagickcore-6-headers – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagickcore-6.q16-3 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagickwand-6.q16-3 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
	libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm9
16.04 LTS xenial	imagemagick-6.q16 – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm17
	libimage-magick-q16-perl – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm17
	libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm17
	libmagickcore-6-headers – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm17
	libmagickcore-6.q16-2 – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm17
	libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm17
	libmagickwand-6.q16-2 – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm17
14.04 LTS trusty	imagemagick – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18
	imagemagick-common – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18
	libmagick++5 – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18
	libmagickcore5 – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18
	libmagickcore5-extra – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18
	libmagickwand5 – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18
	perlmagick – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm18

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References

CVE-2026-23876

CVE-2026-23876