CVE-2026-61872

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.

CVSS v3 2.5 LOW

2.5^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-memory-leak-via-tiff-encoder

Configurations

No configuration.

History

15 Jul 2026, 12:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-15 12:18

Updated : 2026-07-15 18:20

NVD link : CVE-2026-61872

Mitre link : CVE-2026-61872

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-61872

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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