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Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-42050ImageMagick: Stack buffer overflow in XTileImage

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity stack buffer overflow in ImageMagick from ImageMagick. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-21 and 6.9.13-46, a malicious MIFF file could trigger an overflow when a user opens it in the display tool and right-clicks a tile to invoke the Load / Update menu item. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-21 and 6.9.13-46.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.23imagemagick7.1.2.21-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-42050
Alpine:v3.24imagemagick7.1.2.21-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-42050
Debian:12imagemagick8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u10DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42050
Debian:13imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u9DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42050
Debian:14imagemagick8:7.1.2.21+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42050
Ubuntu:25.10imagemagickno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42050
Ubuntu:26.10imagemagickno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42050

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ImageMagick ImageMagick < 6.9.13-46>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-20

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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