What is CVE-2026-25971?

CVE-2026-25971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-02-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-25971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-25971

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, Magick fails to check for circular references between two MSLs, leading to a stack overflow. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15, < 6.9.13-40

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-25971?: CVE-2026-25971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-02-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-25971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.