Medium
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 Memory Leak in PerlMagick Property Reading
Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 contains a memory leak vulnerability in PerlMagick that fails to free values returned when reading image properties. Attackers can repeatedly trigger property reads through five affected PerlMagick code locations to exhaust memory and cause denial of service.
- Products
- ImageMagick
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-116157
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 19:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 Memory Leak in PerlMagick Property Reading
core-cve · Original sourcePublished 25 Oct 2026, 13:20 UTC
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 contains a memory leak vulnerability in PerlMagick that fails to free values returned when reading image properties. Attackers can repeatedly trigger property reads through five affected PerlMagick code locations to exhaust memory and cause denial of service.
cve:CVE-2026-116157
ImageMagick
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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