CVE-2026-25971

MEDIUM

ImageMagick: MSL - Stack overflow in ProcessMSLScript

Published March 12, 2026Updated March 14, 2026Source: osv

Summary

### Summary Magick fails to check for circular references between two MSLs, leading to a stack overflow. ### Details After reading a.msl using magick, the following is displayed: `MSLStartElement` -> `ReadImage` -> `ReadMSLImage` -> `ProcessMSLScript` -> `xmlParseChunk` -> `xmlParseTryOrFinish` -> `MSLStartElement` ```bash AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ================================================================= ==114345==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: UNKNOWN SIGNAL on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x72509fc7d804 bp 0x7ffd6598b390 sp 0x7ffd6598ab20 T0) #0 0x72509fc7d804 in strlen ../../../../src/libsanitizer/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_common_interceptors.inc:388 [...] ```

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q8-x86 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-x86 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-x86 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-x86 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-x64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-x64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q8-x64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q8-x64 --version 14.10.3

NuGet

Update Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 to 14.10.3 or later

dotnet add package Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 --version 14.10.3

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (19)

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
Magick.NET-Q8-x86	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+221 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+202 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+50 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+202 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86	nuget	All versions	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-x86	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+221 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+50 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+205 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+205 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+202 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+50 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-x64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+221 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+102 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+50 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+102 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+102 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+50 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-x64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+221 more)	14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64	nuget	10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0, 11.1.0 (+50 more)	14.10.3

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-674
View on MITRE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds WriteMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 6.2 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-25971?: ImageMagick: MSL - Stack overflow in ProcessMSLScript This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 6.2/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2026-25971?: CVE-2026-25971 affects Magick.NET-Q8-x86, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 and Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 (and 16 more). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2026-25971 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

6.2

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

Also Known As

GHSA-8mpr-6xr2-chhc

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