CVE-2026-25638 | THREATINT

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, memory leak exists in `coders/msl.c`. In the `WriteMSLImage` function of the `msl.c` file, resources are allocated. But the function returns early without releasing these allocated resources. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-04 | Published 2026-02-24 | Updated 2026-02-24 | Assigner GitHub_M

MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Problem types

CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Product status

>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15

affected

< 6.9.13-40

affected

References

github.com/...Magick/security/advisories/GHSA-gxcx-qjqp-8vjw

cve.org (CVE-2026-25638)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-25638)

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