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CVE-2026-25986

Medium
Low Medium High Critical
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: Feb 24, 2026
Last Modified: Feb 25, 2026

Vulnerability 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 heap buffer overflow write vulnerability exists in ReadYUVImage() (coders/yuv.c) when processing malicious YUV 4:2:2 (NoInterlace) images. The pixel-pair loop writes one pixel beyond the allocated row buffer. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

CVSS Metrics

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Vector String:

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
N
Attack Complexity
L
Privileges Required
N
User Interaction
N
Scope
U
Confidentiality
N
Integrity
N
Availability
L

Available Security Patches

3 patches available from vendors

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Oracle

CPUAPR2026

Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2026

Severity
Critical
Released
Apr 21, 2026
Restart Required
Security Update
SUSE

CVE-2026-25986

CVE-2026-25986

Severity
Unknown
Released
Mar 05, 2026
Security Update
Canonical (Ubuntu)

USN-8069-1

USN-8069-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Severity
Unknown
Released
Mar 04, 2026
Security Update

Severity Details

5.3
out of 10.0
Medium

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-787 Top 25 #2

Out-of-bounds Write

Description
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Exploit Likelihood
High
Typical Severity
High
Abstraction Level
Base

Key Information

Published Date
February 24, 2026