Low severity · published Oct 12, 2026
CVE-2026-109261
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 Memory Leak in GIF Encoder
3.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
ImageMagick · ImageMagick
7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-32; before 6.9.13-57 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109261
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109261
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-w68r-6fmr-cvg4
patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1c7763266cfedc635005a965169bc2ddcc650221
patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/93aa075f0fa5a6ae6a83a63acc7c84283aa6d31b
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-memory-leak-in-gif-encoder
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