CVE-2026-25969 (GCVE-0-2026-25969)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-24 01:33 – Updated: 2026-02-24 01:33
VLAI?
Title
ImageMagick has Memory Leak in coders/ashlar.c
Summary
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to version 7.1.2-15, a memory leak exists in `coders/ashlar.c`. The `WriteASHLARImage` allocates a structure. However, when an exception is thrown, the allocated memory is not properly released, resulting in a potential memory leak. Version 7.1.2-15 contains a patch.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick | ImageMagick |
Affected:
< 7.1.2-15
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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