Memory Leak Affecting imagemagick-dev package, versions <7.1.2.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-IMAGEMAGICKDEV-18555398
  • published6 Aug 2026
  • disclosed25 Jul 2026

Introduced: 25 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-66011  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest imagemagick-dev to version 7.1.2.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-27 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the magick command-line interface when invalid options are provided. Attackers can trigger memory exhaustion by repeatedly supplying malformed command-line arguments to consume system resources.

CVSS Base Scores

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