What is CVE-2026-109265?

CVE-2026-109265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-109265?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-109265

ImageMagick 7.1.1-7 before 7.1.2-32 contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability that allows attackers to read beyond allocated memory due to incorrect string termination in XMP profiles. Attackers can supply a crafted image containing a malformed XMP profile to trigger the over-read and crash the application.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-10-12.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Imagemagick

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-jph3-37cg-79wg (vendor-advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/7605c7619da77a5ff1ccf4ec159f3ec782c6b… (patch)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-7.1.1-7-before-7.1.2-32-heap-buffer-ov… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-109265?: CVE-2026-109265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-109265?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.