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CVE-2026-25985: Memory allocation with excessive without limits in the internal SVG decoder

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-02-24 · updated 2026-07-15
• Weakness: CWE-770

Description

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 SVG file containing an malicious element causes ImageMagick to attempt to allocate ~674 GB of memory, leading to an out-of-memory abort. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 6.9.13-40; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-15 — fixed in 6.9.13-40, 7.1.2-15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.13-40, 7.1.2-15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-v7g2-m8c5-mf84
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5573
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25985
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442127
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-25985.json

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