Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, a stack buffer overflow occurs when processing the an attribute in msl.c. A long value overflows a fixed-size stack buffer, leading to memory corruption. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Published: 2026-02-24
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Potential arbitrary code execution via stack buffer overflow
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4497-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6158-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6159-1 imagemagick security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3mwp-xqp2-q6ph ImageMagick: MSL attribute stack buffer overflow leads to out of bounds write.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8069-1 ImageMagick vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, a stack buffer overflow occurs when processing the an attribute in msl.c. A long value overflows a fixed-size stack buffer, leading to memory corruption. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Title ImageMagick has MSL attribute stack buffer overflow that leads to out of bounds write.
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T21:33:39.723Z

Reserved: 2026-02-09T17:13:54.067Z

Link: CVE-2026-25968

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-24T02:16:01.647

Modified: 2026-02-25T11:58:14.647

Link: CVE-2026-25968

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-24T01:30:58Z

Links: CVE-2026-25968 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-04-17T16:00:11Z

Weaknesses