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7.5

ImageMagick: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Older Versions

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25799
Summary

ImageMagick software can crash or freeze if it processes a malicious image, which can be exploited by an attacker. This affects older versions of ImageMagick, but it's fixed in more recent versions. Update to version 7.1.2-15 or 6.9.13-40 or later to fix the issue.

What to do
  • Update debian imagemagick to version 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6.
  • Update debian imagemagick to version 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versionsFix available
debian imagemagick All versions
debian imagemagick All versions
debian imagemagick <= 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6
debian imagemagick <= 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1 8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1
Original title
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 logic error in YUV sampling factor validation allows an in...
Original 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 logic error in YUV sampling factor validation allows an invalid sampling factor to bypass checks and trigger a division-by-zero during image loading, resulting in a reliable denial-of-service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
osv CVSS3.1 7.5
Published: 24 Feb 2026 · Updated: 13 Mar 2026 · First seen: 10 Mar 2026