CVE-2026-116158 (GCVE-0-2026-116158)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-25 13:20
Modified
2026-10-26 19:48
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Summary
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the magick compare command caused by missing cleanup when an operation fails. Attackers can supply inputs that trigger repeated failed compare operations to exhaust memory and cause denial of service.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick |
Version: 0 < 7.1.2-33 Patch: 7.1.2-33 |
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