Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting cimg package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-CIMG-18302796
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-47667  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime via the load_analyze process. An attacker can cause excessive memory allocation and memory leaks by supplying a crafted NIfTI/Analyze header with a manipulated header_size field, leading to resource exhaustion and potential denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1