What is CVE-2026-109258?

CVE-2026-109258 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2026-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-109258?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-109258

ImageMagick 7.1.0-20 before 7.1.2-32 contains an invalid memory free vulnerability in the fx operation that occurs when initialization of an FX runtime entry fails. Attackers can trigger the failed FX runtime initialization to cause an invalid free, resulting in memory corruption and application crashes.

Published 2026-10-12.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Imagemagick

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-pv8x-gq6w-gp4r (vendor-advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/8caa6a0c62a3ac1f81b19a2ee929fbfe46ee0… (patch)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-7.1.0-20-before-7.1.2-32-invalid-memor… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-109258?: CVE-2026-109258 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2026-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-109258?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.