Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU123585

Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-25969

Published: March 5, 2026

Vulnerability identifier: #VU123585

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-25969

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in coders/ashlar.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Affected software

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra
perl-PerlMagick
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-doc
imagemagick (Debian package)
ImageMagick-libs
ImageMagick-djvu

How to mitigate CVE-2026-25969

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2-15
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-extra - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
imagemagick (Debian package) - update to 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.15-1

External References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm

Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-25969

Vulnerability details

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2026-25969

External References

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