Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-25897ImageMagick has heap overflow in sun decoder on 32-bit systems that can result in out of bounds write

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity heap 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 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.1% 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 versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, an Integer Overflow vulnerability exists in the sun decoder. On 32-bit systems/builds, a carefully crafted image can lead to an out of bounds heap write. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.22imagemagick7.1.2.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-25897
Alpine:v3.23imagemagick7.1.2.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-25897
Alpine:v3.24imagemagick7.1.2.15-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-25897
Debian:12imagemagick8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u7DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25897
Debian:12imagemagick8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u7DSA-6159-1
Debian:13imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6DSA-6158-1
Debian:13imagemagick8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25897
Debian:14imagemagick8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25897
NuGetmagick.net-q16-anycpu14.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-arm6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu14.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-arm6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-x6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-x8614.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-arm6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-x6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-openmp-x8614.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-x6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q16-x8614.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q8-anycpu14.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q8-arm6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-arm6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-x6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q8-x6414.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
NuGetmagick.net-q8-x8614.10.3GHSA-6j5f-24fw-pqp4
Ubuntu:25.10imagemagick8:7.1.2.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-25897
Ubuntu:25.10imagemagick8:7.1.2.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1USN-8263-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ImageMagick ImageMagick >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15< 6.9.13-40

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

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