Name: CVE-2026-61870: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-61870, CWE-401, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00191

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VIFF encoder when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger allocation failures by processing specially crafted VIFF images to exhaust available memory and cause denial of service.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 2.1 (LOW)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade imagemagick	Sep 11, 2026	Jul 11, 2026
Amazon Linux Ami 2	—	Upgrade ImageMagick-perlUpgrade ImageMagickUpgrade ImageMagick-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-docUpgrade ImageMagick-c++Upgrade ImageMagick-c++-develUpgrade ImageMagick-devel	Oct 19, 2026	Oct 19, 2026
Amazon_linux_2023	—	Upgrade ImageMagick-c++Upgrade ImageMagick-perl-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-docUpgrade ImageMagick-libsUpgrade ImageMagick-c++-develUpgrade ImageMagick-c++-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-libs-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-perlUpgrade ImageMagick-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-develUpgrade ImageMagickUpgrade ImageMagick-debugsource	Sep 30, 2026	Jul 11, 2026
Debian	—	Upgrade imagemagick	Jul 26, 2026	Jul 26, 2026
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 17, 2026	Jul 11, 2026
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16hdri-9t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7.q16-10 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-7.q16-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7.q16hdri-10 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16hdri-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-6.q16hdri (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16-3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16-2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-7-headers (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-7t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-7.q16hdri-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-6-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6-headers (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-7.q16-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libimage-magick-perl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-7-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-7.q16hdri-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7.q16hdri-10-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-7-headers (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6-headers (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-9t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-7-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7.q16-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16-6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-8 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-7.q16hdri (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore5-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-7.q16hdri-5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-7.q16 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-7.q16-10 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-7.q16hdri-10 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade perlmagick (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6-arch-config (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7.q16hdri-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-6-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-dev (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagick++-7.q16-5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-6.q16 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libimage-magick-q16-perl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade imagemagick-doc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7-arch-config (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7.q16-10-extra (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickwand-6-headers (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-7-headers (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra (Ubuntu Pro)	Sep 14, 2026	Sep 8, 2026
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Oct 22, 2026	Jul 11, 2026

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