CVE-2026-25796
ImageMagick has memory leak of watermark Image object in ReadSTEGANOImage on multiple error/early-return paths
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
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, in `ReadSTEGANOImage()` (`coders/stegano.c`), the `watermark` Image object is not freed on three early-return paths, resulting in a definite memory leak (~13.5KB+ per invocation) that can be exploited for denial of service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
How to fix CVE-2026-25796
To remediate CVE-2026-25796, 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
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Is CVE-2026-25796 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (19)
- 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 |