CVE-2026-25638

NameCVE-2026-25638
DescriptionImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, memory leak exists in `coders/msl.c`. In the `WriteMSLImage` function of the `msl.c` file, resources are allocated. But the function returns early without releasing these allocated resources. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4497-1, DSA-6158-1, DSA-6159-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
imagemagick (PTS)bullseye8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4vulnerable
bullseye (security)8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10fixed
bookworm8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u5vulnerable
bookworm (security)8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u7fixed
trixie8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u5vulnerable
trixie (security)8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6fixed
forky8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-2fixed
sid8:7.1.2.16+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
imagemagicksourcebullseye8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10DLA-4497-1
imagemagicksourcebookworm8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u7DSA-6159-1
imagemagicksourcetrixie8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u6DSA-6158-1
imagemagicksource(unstable)8:7.1.2.15+dfsg1-1

Notes

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-gxcx-qjqp-8vjw
Fixed by: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1e88fca11c7b8517100d518bc99bd8c474f02f88 (7.1.2-14)
Fixed by: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/c5b4a1c6ff347f66346cbec499f3e881da21faf3 (6.9.13-39)

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