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CVE-2026-25638

CVE-2026-25638 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.3 MEDIUM

ImageMagick has memory leak in msl encoder

Reported by github_m · Published February 24, 2026

Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 is fixed in 14.10.3 (NuGet)

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, memory leak exists in `coders/msl.c`. In the `WriteMSLImage` function of the `msl.c` file, resources are allocated. But the function returns early without releasing these allocated resources. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-x64NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x86NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPUNuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64NuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPUNuGet14.10.3
Magick.NET-Q8-x86.NET-Q8-x64NuGet14.10.3
magick.net-q16-x64NuGet14.10.3

16 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
ImageMagickImageMagick>= 7.0.0, < 7.1.2-15, < 6.9.13-40
NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm640
NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x860
NuGetmagick.net-q16-x640
amazon:2ImageMagick-doc0
amazon:2ImageMagick-c++-devel0
NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm640
amazon:2023ImageMagick-c++-devel0
amazon:2023ImageMagick0
NuGetMagick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm640
NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x860
amazon:2ImageMagick-c++0
amazon:2023ImageMagick-libs0
amazon:2023ImageMagick-devel0
amazon:2023ImageMagick-perl0
NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-x640
ImageMagickImageMagick7.0.0, 0
amazon:2023ImageMagick-doc0
NuGetMagick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x640
amazon:2ImageMagick-devel0

…and 21 more

Timeline

  • Feb 23, 2026 CVE Published
  • Feb 24, 2026 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Feb 25, 2026 PoC Published (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 17, 2026 Security Advisory (18 in total, the first dated here)
  • Mar 22, 2026 Coalition ESS Score (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 23, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Oct 4, 2026 Distribution Patch (10 in total, the first dated here)

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