CVE-2026-25983 — Use After Free in Imagemagick

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-825 — Expired Pointer Dereference9 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
ImagemagickDebian Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedFeb 24
Latest updateMar 4

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 MSL script triggers a heap-use-after-free. The operation element handler replaces and frees the image while the parser continues reading from it, leading to a UAF in ReadBlobString during further parsing. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u7 (bookworm)
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick7.0.0-0 — 7.1.2-15+1
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10+3
▶Ubuntuimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm19+5
▶CVEListV5imagemagick/imagemagick>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
imagemagick vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
ImageMagick has Use After Free in MSLStartElement in "coders/msl.c"↗2026-02-24
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GHSA
ImageMagick has Use After Free in MSLStartElement in "coders/msl.c"↗2026-02-24
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OSV
CVE-2026-25983: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of service via crafted MSL script↗2026-02-24
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Debian
CVE-2026-25983: imagemagick - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating d...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-25983 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2026-25983 — Use After Free in Imagemagick | cvebase