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CVE-2026-25983 (GCVE-0-2026-25983)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-24 01:41 – Updated: 2026-02-28 02:04
VLAI
Title
ImageMagick has Use After Free in MSLStartElement in "coders/msl.c"
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-28 02:04 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15
Affected: < 6.9.13-40
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