ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-39/7.1.2-14 Image Parser msl.c stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-39/7.1.2-14. This impacts an unknown function of the file msl.c of the component Image Parser. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-25968. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick up to 6.9.13-39/7.1.2-14 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file msl.c of the component Image Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 stack buffer overflow occurs when processing the an attribute in msl.c. A long value overflows a fixed-size stack buffer, leading to memory corruption. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-25968 since 02/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 299945 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-25968), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.9.13-40 or 7.1.2-15 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (299945) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0484). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source ImageMagick

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• Image Processing Software

Name

• ImageMagick

Version

• 6.9.13-39
• 7.1.2-14

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.imagemagick.org/

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