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 NULL pointer dereference in ClonePixelCacheRepository allows a remote attacker to crash any application linked against ImageMagick by supplying a crafted image file, resulting in denial of service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p863-5fgm-rgq4 ImageMagick has NULL Pointer Dereference in ClonePixelCacheRepository via crafted image
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History

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threat_severity

Moderate


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First Time appeared Imagemagick
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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 NULL pointer dereference in ClonePixelCacheRepository allows a remote attacker to crash any application linked against ImageMagick by supplying a crafted image file, resulting in denial of service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
Title ImageMagick has NULL Pointer Dereference in ClonePixelCacheRepository via crafted image
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-24T01:02:30.911Z

Reserved: 2026-02-05T19:58:01.640Z

Link: CVE-2026-25798

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-02-24T01:16:14.603

Modified: 2026-02-24T14:13:49.320

Link: CVE-2026-25798

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-24T01:02:30Z

Links: CVE-2026-25798 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-24T09:54:05Z

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