Security update for ImageMagick

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2021-1
Release Date: 2026-05-20T07:14:29Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-31853 ( SUSE ): 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-31853 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-31853 ( NVD ): 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-31853 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-42050 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-42050 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-31853: heap buffer overflow leads to crash in the SFW decoder of 32-bit systems when processing extremely large images (bsc#1259528).
  • CVE-2026-42050: Stack buffer overflow in XTileImage (bsc#1265048).

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 Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-2021=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-2021=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-debugsource-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagick++-devel-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-devel-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-config-6-upstream-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-debugsource-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagick++-devel-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-devel-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • ImageMagick-config-6-upstream-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-6.8.8.1-71.246.1
    • libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo-6.8.8.1-71.246.1

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