From d398a4b5290a9729e2e5bf36b4d2b2fb71c9d8bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cristy <urban-warrior@imagemagick.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:34:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 
 https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-cr67-pvmx-2pp2

---
 magick/xml-tree.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: ImageMagick-6.8.8-1/magick/xml-tree.c
===================================================================
--- ImageMagick-6.8.8-1.orig/magick/xml-tree.c
+++ ImageMagick-6.8.8-1/magick/xml-tree.c
@@ -1758,6 +1766,13 @@ MagickExport XMLTreeInfo *NewXMLTree(con
         "ParseError","UTF16 to UTF8 failed");
       return((XMLTreeInfo *) NULL);
     }
+  if (length == 0)
+    {
+      utf8=DestroyString(utf8);
+      (void) ThrowMagickException(exception,GetMagickModule(),OptionWarning,
+        "ParseError","root tag missing");
+      return((XMLTreeInfo *) NULL);
+    }
   terminal=utf8[length-1];
   utf8[length-1]='\0';
   p=utf8;