CVE-2026-61870
highImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VIFF encoder when memory allocation fails.
Vendor / product: Imagemagick — imagemagick
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VIFF encoder when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger allocation failures by processing specially crafted VIFF images to exhaust available memory and cause denial of service.
CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-11 14:16
Modified: 2026-10-29 21:17
NVD status: Analyzed
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 <6.9.13-51, ≥7.0.0-0 <7.1.2-26
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-m596-67p7-69wh disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-memory-leak-via-viff-encoder disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-29 21:28 UTC · record ↗