Out-of-bounds write in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-25986

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU123606

Out-of-bounds write in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-25986

Published: March 6, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123606
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-2026-25986
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in ReadYUVImage() (coders/yuv.c) when processing malicious YUV 4:2:2 (NoInterlace) images. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Ubuntu
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
imagemagick (Debian package)
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
perl-PerlMagick
libMagick++-devel
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-doc
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-extra
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-libs
ImageMagick-djvu

How to mitigate CVE-2026-25986

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-40, 7.1.2-15
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm19, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm18, 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm10, 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm8, 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm8, 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm7
imagemagick (Debian package) - addressed in versions 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u7, 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.13.40-1, 7.1.2.15-1
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-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 - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.68.2, 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-config-7-upstream-open - 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-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.42.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.37.1
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-c++ - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.15-1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.15-1

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