Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting ImageMagick/ImageMagick package, versions [,6.9.13-57)[7.0.0,7.1.2-32)
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- published13 Oct 2026
- disclosed12 Oct 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 12 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-109261 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade ImageMagick/ImageMagick to version 6.9.13-57, 7.1.2-32 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime via the GIF encoding process when color quantization fails. An attacker can degrade system availability by repeatedly submitting specially crafted images that trigger memory allocation without proper release.