{"id":"CVE-2026-109261","title":"ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the GIF encoder because allocated memory is not released when color quantization fails during encoding","summary":"ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the GIF encoder because allocated memory is not released when color quantization fails during encoding. Attackers can supply images whose GIF conversion cause…","severity":"low","cvss":3.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-401"],"published":"2026-10-12","updated":"2026-10-12","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-12T17:17:17.883","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109261","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/1c7763266cfedc635005a965169bc2ddcc650221","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-w68r-6fmr-cvg4","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/93aa075f0fa5a6ae6a83a63acc7c84283aa6d31b","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-57-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-32-memory-leak-in-gif-encoder","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-12T18:00:08.180Z","slug":"CVE-2026-109261","body":"## Overview\n\nImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the GIF encoder because allocated memory is not released when color quantization fails during encoding. Attackers can supply images whose GIF conversion causes quantization to fail, leaking memory with each attempt and degrading availability.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":20,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":20.4,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}