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CVE-2026-61864low2.9

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak in Log Colorspace

Impact

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 has a memory leak in color transformation to the log colorspace. The leak occurs when the operation fails, and a small amount of memory is not released. Local access is required to exploit this weakness.

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 → before 7.1.2-26

semver versions

unaffected

7.1.2-26

semver versions

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

ImageMagick · VulnCheck

ImageMagick

2 ranges
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affected

0 → before 6.9.13-51

semver versions

unaffected

6.9.13-51

semver versions

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

Original source description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in color transformation to the log colorspace: when the operation fails, a small amount of memory is not released.

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Evidence available

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Weakness classification
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Original records

CVE-2026-61864

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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

Before: 7.1.2-26

Vulnerable product

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

Before: 6.9.13-51

Original applicability statements
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        "operator": "OR",
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "vulnerable": true,
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.2-26",
            "versionStartIncluding": "7.0.0"
          },
          {
            "vulnerable": true,
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "versionEndExcluding": "6.9.13-51"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]
Contributing organizations · 2
VulnCheck

Assigning organization

2026-10-29
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-07-15

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References

2 sources
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-7c7m-fpjw-gwcq
vendor-advisoryVulnCheck
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-memory-leak-in-log-colorspace
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