CVE-2026-25968

Publication date 24 February 2026

Last updated 4 March 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 25.10 questing
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm7
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm8
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm8
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm10
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm18
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm19

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.4 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8069-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 4 March 2026

Other references