Vulnerability in ImageMagick

[ Description ]Official description

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the PNG encoder, which does not release allocated memory when libpng initialization fails. Attackers who can repeatedly trigger PNG encoding operations in which libpng initialization fails can exhaust memory and cause a denial of service.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund27 Sep 2026WID-SEC-2026-3591

  ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-109259CVE-2026-109264CVE-2026-106566+30 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/fd1b9c85f2634e34034d39016ed7542ac0a19930
• github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-hvwf-wmm6-hvc3
• github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/55346382cebdf5c5fa6c544a7df7ae4910ffb090
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-memor…