Updated: 2026-02-25 03:27:16.597967
Description:
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, in `ReadSTEGANOImage()` (`coders/stegano.c`), the `watermark` Image object is not freed on three early-return paths, resulting in a definite memory leak (~13.5KB+ per invocation) that can be exploited for denial of service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | 0.0 | |
| CVSS Version 3.x | HIGH | 7.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 7 ELS | ImageMagick | 6.9.10.68 | 7.5 | HIGH | In Rollout | CLSA-2026:1772452097 | 2026-03-02 13:42:17 | |
| Oracle Linux 7 ELS | ImageMagick | 6.9.10.68 | 7.5 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2026:1772452374 | 2026-03-02 13:42:13 | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 ELS | ImageMagick | 6.8.9.9-7 | 7.5 | HIGH | In Testing | 2026-03-06 05:32:49 | ||
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | ImageMagick | 6.9.7.4 | 7.5 | HIGH | In Testing | 2026-03-02 13:42:16 | ||
| Ubuntu 20.04 ELS | ImageMagick | 6.9.10.23 | 7.5 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2026:1772810452 | 2026-03-06 16:21:31 |