CVE-2026-56365
ImageMagick - Memory Leak in PNG Encoder via MNG Image Writing
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.3 Medium
- Published
- Jun 30, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 20, 2026
Description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-19 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the PNG encoder when writing MNG images. Attackers can trigger the encoder failure condition to exhaust memory resources and cause denial of service.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 3.7 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ImageMagickImageMagick |
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ImageMagickImageMagick |
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References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-x928-4434-crqj)vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: ImageMagick - Memory Leak in PNG Encoder via MNG Image Writingthird-party-advisory
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