Memory Leak Affecting imagemagick package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-IMAGEMAGICK-17995384
  • published28 Aug 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2026

Introduced: 15 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-61864  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 imagemagick.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in color transformation to the log colorspace: when the operation fails, a small amount of memory is not released.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1