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openSUSE ImageMagick Important Heap Buffer Overflow Vuln 2026-0503-1

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for ImageMagick addresses important security issues, fixing multiple vulnerabilities with specific CVE references.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-23874: manipulation of digital images can lead to stack overflow (bsc#1256976). * CVE-2026-23876: maliciously crafted image can lead to heap buffer overflow (bsc#1256962). * CVE-2026-23952: processing comment tag can cause null pointer dereference (bsc#1257076). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-503=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-503=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important heap overflow imagemagick OpenSUSE

References

* bsc#1256962

* bsc#1256976

* bsc#1257076

Cross-

* CVE-2026-23874

* CVE-2026-23876

* CVE-2026-23952

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-23874 ( SUSE ): 6.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-23874 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-23874 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-23876 ( SUSE ): 9.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-23876 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-23876 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-23876 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-23952 ( SUSE ): 7.1

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0503-1
Release Date: 2026-02-13T14:23:02Z
Rating: important

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