Memory Leak Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-IMAGEMAGICK-17966107
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed11 Jul 2026

Introduced: 11 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-61870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest imagemagick to version 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u13 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VIFF encoder when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger allocation failures by processing specially crafted VIFF images to exhaust available memory and cause denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1