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ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Memory Leak in GIF Encoder

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the GIF encoder because allocated memory is not released when color quantization fails during encoding. Attackers can supply images whose GIF conversion causes quantization to fail, leaking memory with each attempt and degrading availability.

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CVE-2026-109261

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-109261

ImageMagick

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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ImageMagick

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "ImageMagick",
    "product": "ImageMagick",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "7.0.0-0",
        "lessThan": "7.1.2-32",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.1.2-32",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "ImageMagick",
    "product": "ImageMagick",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.9.13-57",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.9.13-57",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-109261

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Publisher severity

medium

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Event
#34654 · Revision 1
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