Name: CVE-2026-61868: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-61868, CWE-401, CVSS 3.7, EPSS 0.00222

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.x before 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the YUV decoder that occurs when opening of the blob fails. Repeated triggering can lead to resource exhaustion (denial of service).

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 6.3 (MEDIUM)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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: 3.7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Amazon_linux_2023	—	Upgrade ImageMagick-libsUpgrade ImageMagick-perl-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-docUpgrade ImageMagickUpgrade ImageMagick-c++-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-c++Upgrade ImageMagick-perlUpgrade ImageMagick-develUpgrade ImageMagick-c++-develUpgrade ImageMagick-debugsourceUpgrade ImageMagick-libs-debuginfoUpgrade ImageMagick-debuginfo	Sep 30, 2026	Jul 15, 2026
Debian	—	Upgrade imagemagick	Jul 26, 2026	Jul 26, 2026
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 20, 2026	Jul 15, 2026

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CVSS Details

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