5.5

CVE-2026-42050: imagemagick Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesMGASA-2026-0162SUSE-SU-2026:2389-1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42050
Published 11-05-2026Last modified 12-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42050 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21071-1SUSE-SU-2026:22378-1SUSE-SU-2026:2580-1SUSE-SU-2026:2877-1SUSE-SU-2026:3023-1SUSE-SU-2026:3024-1

Timeline

  1. 11-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 tile to invoke the Load / Update menu item. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-21 and 6.9.13-46.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.13% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse3 products
  • GraphicsMagick&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 1.3.45-160000.7.1
  • GraphicsMagick&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.3.46-7.1
  • ImageMagick&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 7.1.2.22-1.1
Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u10 | < 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u9 | < 8:7.1.2.21+dfsg1-1
Imagemagick1 product
  • imagemagick≥ 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-20 | < 6.9.13-46 | ≥ 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-21
Mageia1 product
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.40-1.6.mga9 | < 1.3.40-1.6.mga9.tainted
Suse1 product
  • GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7< 1.3.42-150600.3.27.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagickAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 8 products

References

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