---
id: CVE-2026-109278
title: >-
  ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in
  the wavelet-denoise operation, which fails to release allocated memory when a
  required resource cannot be acquired
summary: >-
  ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in
  the wavelet-denoise operation, which fails to release allocated memory when a
  required resource cannot be acquired. Attackers can repeatedly trigger
  wavelet-d…
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: '2026-10-12T17:17:20.430'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109278'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/15892fc0dc050a3693e28a214478a8d8488d648c
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9f9w-84g3-vp2c
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/0d2544e641848462e8b469c06cde69d7d77c35c6
    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-wavelet-denoise-operation
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-12T18:00:08.186Z'
---

## Overview

ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the wavelet-denoise operation, which fails to release allocated memory when a required resource cannot be acquired. Attackers can repeatedly trigger wavelet-denoise processing under resource-constrained conditions to leak memory and degrade service availability.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.