Medium

ImageMagick has Undefined Behavior (function-type-mismatch) in CloneSplayTree

  • Disclosed: 25.08.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:23

Summary

  • Target: ImageMagick (commit ecc9a5eb456747374bae8e07038ba10b3d8821b3)
  • Type: Undefined Behavior (function-type-mismatch) in splay tree cloning callback
  • Impact: Deterministic abort under UBSan (DoS in sanitizer builds). No crash in a non-sanitized build; likely low security impact.
  • Trigger: Minimal 2-byte input parsed via MagickWand, then coalescing.

Environment

OS: macOS (Apple Silicon/arm64) Homebrew clang version 20.1.8 Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.5.0 Thread model: posix InstalledDir: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/llvm/20.1.8/bin Configuration file: /opt/homebrew/etc/clang/arm64-apple-darwin24.cfg Homebrew ImageMagick: magick -version → ImageMagick 7.1.2-0 Q16-HDRI aarch64 pkg-config: MagickWand-7.Q16HDRI version 7.1.2 Library configure flags (capsule build): ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static --without-modules --without-magick-plus-plus --disable-openmp --without-perl --without-x --with-png=yes --without-jpeg --without-tiff --without-xml --without-lqr --without-gslib Harness compile flags: -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,undefined -fno-omit-frame-pointer pkg-config cflags/libs supplied: -I<...>/include/ImageMagick-7 -DMAGICKCORE_HDRI_ENABLE=1 -DMAGICKCORE_QUANTUM_DEPTH=16 -DMAGICKCORE_CHANNEL_MASK_DEPTH=32 and linked against MagickWand-7.Q16HDRI and MagickCore-7.Q16HDRI Sanitizer runtime: ASan+UBSan defaults. Repro also with UBSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1:halt_on_error=1

PoC

  • Bytes (hex): 1c 02
  • Base64: HAI=
  • sha256 (optional): <fill in>

Reproduction

Create PoC:

printf '\x1c\x02' > poc.bin

Option A: libFuzzer harness

  • Run once: ./harness_ImageMagick_... -runs=1 ./poc.bin
  • Expected: UBSan aborts with function-type-mismatch at MagickCore/splay-tree.c:372:43.

Option B: standalone reproducer (C)

  • Compile (ensure PKG_CONFIG_PATH points to your ImageMagick if needed):

/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin/clang -g -O1 -fsanitize=address,undefined $(/opt/homebrew/bin/pkg-config --cflags MagickWand-7.Q16HDRI) repro.c -o repro $(/opt/homebrew/bin/pkg-config --libs MagickWand-7.Q16HDRI)

  • Run:

UBSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1:halt_on_error=1 ./repro ./poc.bin Observed output (excerpt) MagickCore/splay-tree.c:372:43: runtime error: call to function ConstantString through pointer to incorrect function type 'void ()(void *)' string.c:680: note: ConstantString defined here #0 CloneSplayTree splay-tree.c:372 #1 CloneImageProfiles profile.c:159 #2 CloneImage image.c:832 #3 CoalesceImages layer.c:269 #4 MagickCoalesceImages magick-image.c:1665 #5 main repro.c:XX Root cause The splay tree clone callback expects a function pointer of type void *(*)(void *). ConstantString has a different signature (char *ConstantString(const char *)). Calling through the mismatched function type is undefined behavior in C and triggers UBSan’s function-type-mismatch. The path is exercised during coalescing: CloneImage → CloneImageProfiles → CloneSplayTree. Scope Reproduces with a minimal, sanitizer-instrumented, PNG-enabled build and delegates disabled (policy.xml), suggesting the issue is in MagickCore rather than external delegates. Suggested fix (sketch) Use a wrapper that matches the expected callback prototype, or adjust the splay-tree callback typedef for const-correctness. For example: static void *CloneStringShim(const void *p) { return (void *) ConstantString((const char *) p); }

/* When setting splay-tree clone_value, use CloneStringShim instead of ConstantString. */

Alternatively, update the clone callback typedefs to use const void* consistently (and return void*) and ensure callers pass a correctly typed wrapper.

Artifacts Minimised PoC: attached (poc.bin, 2 bytes; base64 HAI=) Harness source and exact build command (attached) Full UBSan trace (attached) Commit SHA and configure flags (above) Credits Discovered by: Lumina Mescuwa Method: libFuzzer + UBSan Verification

  • UBSan build: Reproduces with halt_on_error=1; aborts at MagickCore/splay-tree.c:372.
  • Non-sanitized Homebrew build (macOS arm64, clang 20.1.8): No crash; repro completes silently.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-x64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q16-x86 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q8-x64 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
.NET (NuGet) Magick.NET-Q8-x86 < 14.8.0 14.8.0

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-758
Platform
.NET (NuGet)
Package
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-arm64, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU
Disclosed
25.08.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 11:23

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-6hgw-6x87-578x - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64

All published vulnerabilities of this package (.NET (NuGet)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (159) in the archive
Total entries
159
First → latest
07.2025 09.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 24
  • Medium 95
  • Low 40

Disclosures per year

  1. 2025: 14
  2. 2026: 145
Severity:
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-53460 < 14.14.0 14.14.0
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-33901 < 14.12.0 14.12.0
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-33908 < 14.12.0 14.12.0
  4. High · 7.7 CVE-2026-30929 < 14.10.4 14.10.4
  5. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-28691 < 14.10.4 14.10.4
  6. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-24485 < 14.10.3 14.10.3
  7. ImageMagick has Undefined Behavior (function-type-mismatch) in CloneSplayTree this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2025-55160 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
  8. High · 8.8 CVE-2025-55154 < 14.8.0 14.8.0
  9. High · 7.4 CVE-2025-53101 < 14.7.0 14.7.0

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