CVE-2026-61872

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak via TIFF Encoder

LOW
2.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 15, 2026 at 11:25 AM UTC
Updated: July 15, 2026 at 06:30 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorImageMagick

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Severity
LOW2.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the TIFF encoder when an invalid tiff:tile-geometry is specified. Supplying malformed tile geometry parameters causes allocated memory not to be released, which can lead to increased memory consumption.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.9.13-51v < 7.1.2-26
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9.13-51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.2-26 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

2.5LOWVulnCheck
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-401

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