CVE-2026-109260
lowImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the PNG encoder, which does not release allocated memory when libpng initializat…
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the PNG encoder, which does not release allocated memory when libpng initialization fails. Attackers who can repeatedly trigger PNG encoding operations in which libpng initialization fails can exhaust memory and cause a denial of service.
CVSS
3.7
3.7 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-12 17:17
Modified: 2026-10-15 15:55
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/fd1b9c85f2634e34034d39016ed7542ac0a19930 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-hvwf-wmm6-hvc3 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/55346382cebdf5c5fa6c544a7df7ae4910ffb09... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC · record ↗