CVE-2026-25898CWE-125

Imagemagick Has Global Buffer Overflow (OOB Read) via Negative Pixel Index in UIL and XPM Writer

Medium · published February 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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, the UIL and XPM image encoder do not validate the pixel index value returned by `GetPixelIndex()` before using it as an array subscript. In HDRI builds, `Quantum` is a floating-point type, so pixel index values can be negative. An attacker can craft an image with negative pixel index values to trigger a global buffer overflow read during conversion, leading to information disclosure or a process crash. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00526 · 43.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-02-24T01:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 FEB 01:18Z
    Imagemagick Has Global Buffer Overflow (OOB Read) via Negative Pixel Index in UIL and XPM Writer
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