CVE-2026-56371
mediumImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contains a memory leak in coders/txt.c when processing TXT files with texture attributes: the texture object allocate…
Vendor / product: Imagemagick — imagemagick
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contains a memory leak in coders/txt.c when processing TXT files with texture attributes: the texture object allocated via ReadImage is not released when GetTypeMetrics fails, leaking memory each time a crafted TXT file with a texture attribute is processed.
CVSS
5.3
5.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-06-23 13:16
Modified: 2026-10-29 21:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 9 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-29 21:28 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
imagemagick / imagemagick <6.9.13-40, ≥7.0.0-0 <7.1.2-15
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/security/advisories/GHSA-3q5f-gmjc-38r8 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-memory-leak-in-txt-file-processing-via-te... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-29 21:28 UTC · record ↗