---
id: CVE-2025-65955
title: >-
  ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating
  digital images
summary: >-
  ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating
  digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-9 and 6.9.13-34, there is a vulnerability in
  ImageMagick’s Magick++ layer that manifests when Options::fontFamily is
  invoked wi…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-415
  - CWE-416
  - CWE-825
vendor: imagemagick
product: imagemagick
affected:
  - imagemagick < 6.9.13-34
  - 'imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-9'
patched:
  - imagemagick 7.1.2-9
published: '2025-12-02'
updated: '2026-06-23'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65955'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6409f34d637a34a1c643632aa849371ec8b3b5a8
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6f81eb15f822ad86e8255be75efad6f9762c32f8
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-q3hc-j9x5-mp9m
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-65955.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-65955'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418549'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65955'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65955'
tags:
  - nvd
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00159
epssPercentile: 0.04281
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:34.614Z'
---

## Overview

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-9 and 6.9.13-34, there is a vulnerability in ImageMagick’s Magick++ layer that manifests when Options::fontFamily is invoked with an empty string. Clearing a font family calls RelinquishMagickMemory on _drawInfo->font, freeing the font string but leaving _drawInfo->font pointing to freed memory while _drawInfo->family is set to that (now-invalid) pointer. Any later cleanup or reuse of _drawInfo->font re-frees or dereferences dangling memory. DestroyDrawInfo and other setters (Options::font, Image::font) assume _drawInfo->font remains valid, so destruction or subsequent updates trigger crashes or heap corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-9 and 6.9.13-34.

## Affected

- `imagemagick < 6.9.13-34`
- `imagemagick >= 7.0.0-0, < 7.1.2-9`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `imagemagick 7.1.2-9`

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-65955.json)