CVE-2026-25799 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-369 vulnerability in Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU. A fix is available for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU — see the affected versions and patch details below.
ImageMagick has Division-by-Zero in YUV sampling factor validation, which leads to crash
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-25799.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-25799 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,842 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64.NETMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86.NETMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64+11 moreReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
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.
coders/yuv.c:210:47: runtime error: division by zero
AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL
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==3543373==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: UNKNOWN SIGNAL on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x55deeb4d723c bp 0x7fffc28d34d0 sp 0x7fffc28d3320 T0)
#0 0x55deeb4d723c in ReadYUVImage coders/yuv.c:210
#1 0x55deeb751dff in ReadImage MagickCore/constitute.c:743
#2 0x55deeb756374 in ReadImages MagickCore/constitute.c:1082
#3 0x55deec682375 in CLINoImageOperator MagickWand/operation.c:4959
#4 0x55deec6887ed in CLIOption MagickWand/operation.c:5473
#5 0x55deec32843b in ProcessCommandOptions MagickWand/magick-cli.c:653
#6 0x55deec32b99b in MagickImageCommand MagickWand/magick-cli.c:1392
#7 0x55deec324d58 in MagickCommandGenesis MagickWand/magick-cli.c:177
#8 0x55deead82519 in MagickMain utilities/magick.c:162
#9 0x55deead828be in main utilities/magick.c:193
#10 0x7fb90807fd8f in __libc_start_call_main ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#11 0x7fb90807fe3f in __libc_start_main_impl ../csu/libc-start.c:392
#12 0x55deead81974 in _start (/data/ylwang/LargeScan/targets/ImageMagick/utilities/magick+0x22fb974)
AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info.
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: UNKNOWN SIGNAL coders/yuv.c:210 in ReadYUVImage
==3543373==ABORTING
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.10.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 | all versions | 14.10.3dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.10.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.10.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-25799 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2026-25799 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2026-25799. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
This MODERATE impact vulnerability in ImageMagick can lead to a denial-of-service. A logic error in YUV sampling factor validation allows an invalid sampling factor to bypass checks, triggering a division-by-zero during image loading. This affects ImageMagick as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ELS and 7 ELS.
To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted or unknown image files with ImageMagick. Limiting the exposure of ImageMagick to untrusted input sources can reduce the risk of exploitation.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-25799 (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-25799 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2026-25799 across NuGet dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.