CVE-2026-61863 (GCVE-0-2026-61863)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-15 11:25 – Updated: 2026-07-15 17:42
VLAI
Title
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak in TIFF Encoder
Summary
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 (and 6.x before 6.9.13-51) contains a memory leak in the TIFF encoder that occurs when a temporary file cannot be created, resulting in a small memory leak.
Severity
2.1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
2.9 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: 0 , < 7.1.2-26 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.2-26 (semver)
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ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: 0 , < 6.9.13-51 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.9.13-51 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-06-26 00:00
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