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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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-772
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threat_severity

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Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Memory Leak in GIF Encoder
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-12T16:04:31.299Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T14:10:14.200Z

Link: CVE-2026-109261

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-12T17:17:17.883

Modified: 2026-10-12T17:17:17.883

Link: CVE-2026-109261

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-10-12T16:04:31Z

Links: CVE-2026-109261 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T06:15:14Z

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