CVE-2026-25638
ImageMagick has memory leak in msl encoder
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
Description
ImageMagick 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.
How to fix CVE-2026-25638
To remediate CVE-2026-25638, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
- —upgrade to 14.10.3 or later
Is CVE-2026-25638 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (20)
- from 0, < 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
- from 0, < 14.10.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |