Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-61872ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak via TIFF Encoder
Low 2.5
In plain English
A low-severity memory leak in ImageMagick from ImageMagick. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.5Low
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the TIFF encoder when an invalid tiff:tile-geometry is specified. Supplying malformed tile geometry parameters causes allocated memory not to be released, which can lead to increased memory consumption.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | imagemagick | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u13 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61872 |
| Debian:13 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u12 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61872 |
| Debian:14 | imagemagick | 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61872 |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q16-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-anycpu | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x64 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| NuGet | magick.net-q8-x86 | 14.15.0 | GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | imagemagick | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61872 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | 7.0.0 – before 7.1.2-26 |
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick | 0 – before 6.9.13-51 |
Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak via TIFF Encoder third-party-advisory