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 SVG file containing an malicious element causes ImageMagick to attempt to allocate ~674 GB of memory, leading to an out-of-memory abort. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
History

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Important


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First Time appeared Imagemagick
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Vendors & Products Imagemagick
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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 crafted SVG file containing an malicious element causes ImageMagick to attempt to allocate ~674 GB of memory, leading to an out-of-memory abort. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Title Memory allocation with excessive without limits in the internal SVG decoder
Weaknesses CWE-770
CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-02-24T01:43:07.076Z

Updated: 2026-02-24T01:43:07.076Z

Reserved: 2026-02-09T17:41:55.857Z

Link: CVE-2026-25985

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-02-24T02:16:02.620

Modified: 2026-02-24T14:13:49.320

Link: CVE-2026-25985

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-02-24T01:43:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-25985 - Bugzilla