What is CVE-2026-42050?

CVE-2026-42050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-42050?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-42050

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-21 and 6.9.13-46, a malicious MIFF file could trigger an overflow when a user opens it in the display tool and right-clicks a til…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (2.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions < 6.9.13-46, >= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-42050?: CVE-2026-42050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-42050?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.