CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-25795

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 24, 2026 | Modified: Feb 24, 2026
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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, in ReadSFWImage() (coders/sfw.c), when temporary file creation fails, read_info is destroyed before its filename member is accessed, causing a NULL pointer dereference and crash. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ImagemagickImagemagick*6.9.13-40 (excluding)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.0-0 (including)7.1.2-15 (excluding)
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-apps/noble*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
ImagemagickUbuntujammy*
ImagemagickUbuntunoble*
ImagemagickUbuntuquesting*
ImagemagickUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

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