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 crafted SVG file containing an malicious element causes ImageMagick to attempt to allocate ~674 GB of memory, leading to an out-of-memory abort. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Published: 2026-02-24
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Out-of-Resource Denial of Service due to excessive memory allocation
Action: Immediate Patch
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4539-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6158-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6210-1 imagemagick security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v7g2-m8c5-mf84 ImageMagick: Memory allocation with excessive without limits in the internal SVG decoder
History

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


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

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First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

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

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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 crafted SVG file containing an malicious element causes ImageMagick to attempt to allocate ~674 GB of memory, leading to an out-of-memory abort. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Title Memory allocation with excessive without limits in the internal SVG decoder
Weaknesses CWE-770
CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-28T02:05:55.678Z

Reserved: 2026-02-09T17:41:55.857Z

Link: CVE-2026-25985

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-28T02:05:49.993Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-24T02:16:02.620

Modified: 2026-02-25T12:10:42.060

Link: CVE-2026-25985

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-02-24T01:43:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-25985 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-16T16:45:25Z

Weaknesses