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5.3
ImageMagick Memory Leak Can Cause Application Crashes
CVE-2026-25969
GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm
CVE-2026-25969
Summary
ImageMagick, a popular image editing software, has a memory leak bug that can cause applications to run out of memory and crash. This issue can be resolved by updating to version 7.1.2-15 or later. If you're using an affected version, update as soon as possible to prevent potential crashes and data loss.
What to do
- Update magick.net-q16-anycpu to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-openmp-x86 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q16-x86 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-anycpu to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-arm64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-x64 to version 14.10.3.
- Update magick.net-q8-x86 to version 14.10.3.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fix available |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | magick.net-q16-anycpu | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-openmp-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q16-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-anycpu | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-arm64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-x64 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| – | magick.net-q8-x86 | <= 14.10.3 | 14.10.3 |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | <= 7.1.2-15 | – |
Original title
ImageMagick has Memory Leak in coders/ashlar.c
Original description
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.
nvd CVSS3.1
7.5
Vulnerability type
CWE-401
Memory Leak
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25969
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a253d1b124ebdcc2832daac6f9a35c...
- https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.10.3
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wf... Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/25xxx/CVE-2026-25969... Vendor Advisory
Published: 24 Feb 2026 · Updated: 12 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026