ImageMagick prior 6.9.13-57/7.1.2-32 wavelet-denoise memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in ImageMagick. Affected by this issue is the function wavelet-denoise. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-109278. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ImageMagick and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function wavelet-denoise. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-109278 since 10/12/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.9.13-57 or 7.1.2-32 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ImageMagick 6.9.13-57/7.1.2-32

Timelineinfo

10/12/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/12/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
10/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-109278 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-109278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-417055

Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2026 19:26
Changes: 10/12/2026 19:26 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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