Memory Leak Affecting ImageMagick-devel package, versions <7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-IMAGEMAGICKDEVEL-17963147
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed13 Jul 2026

Introduced: 13 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-56365  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 ImageMagick-devel to version 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ImageMagick-devel package and not the ImageMagick-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-19 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the PNG encoder when writing MNG images. Attackers can trigger the encoder failure condition to exhaust memory resources and cause denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1