CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-25983

Use After Free

Published: Feb 24, 2026 | Modified: Feb 25, 2026
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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, a crafted MSL script triggers a heap-use-after-free. The operation element handler replaces and frees the image while the parser continues reading from it, leading to a UAF in ReadBlobString during further parsing. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ImagemagickImagemagick*6.9.13-40 (excluding)
ImagemagickImagemagick7.0.0-0 (including)7.1.2-15 (excluding)
ImagemagickUbuntudevel*
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

References