ImageMagick has memory leak in msl encoder
Summary
ImageMagick has memory leak in msl encoder
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-25638 imagemagick Fixed in: 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u10
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-25638 imagemagick Fixed in: 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm21
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov