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CVE-2026-116154medium6.9

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-58 and 7.x before 7.1.2-33 Memory Leak via XML Parsing Depth Limit

Impact

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-58 and 7.x before 7.1.2-33 has a memory leak via XML parsing depth limit, causing denial of service. Attackers can trigger the leak with crafted XML data. Memory exhaustion occurs when parsing reaches the nesting depth limit.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Affected packages

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Affected products

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ImageMagick · VulnCheck

ImageMagick

2 ranges
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affected

7.0.0-0 → before 7.1.2-33

custom versions

unaffected

7.1.2-33

custom versions

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

ImageMagick · VulnCheck

ImageMagick

2 ranges
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affected

0 → before 6.9.13-58

custom versions

unaffected

6.9.13-58

custom versions

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Original source description

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-58 and 7.x before 7.1.2-33 contains a memory leak in its XML parsing code, where allocated memory is not released when parsing reaches the nesting depth limit. Attackers can supply crafted, deeply nested XML data to trigger the leak, causing memory exhaustion and denial of service.

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Original records

CVE-2026-116154

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-401 ↗

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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Environment requirements

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Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 7.0.0-0

Before: 7.1.2-33

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Before: 6.9.13-58

Original applicability statements
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Contributing organizations · 2
VulnCheck

Assigning organization

2026-10-25
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-10-26

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References

2 sources
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-8ghq-p369-g395
vendor-advisoryVulnCheck
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-58-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-33-memory-leak-via-xml-parsing-depth-limit
third-party-advisoryVulnCheck