# CVE-2026-33856: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7

> Attackers can cause denial of service via memory leaks in the Android-ImageMagick7 library, requiring an upgrade to fix.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8f6h-q8xv-pcp8

## What is CVE-2026-33856?

CVE-2026-33856 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7, published on 24 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7.This issue affects Android-ImageMagick7: before 7.1.2-11.

Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-33856?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Molotovcherry Android-Imagemagick7.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-33856?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-33856 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-33856 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-33856 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7

- [CVE-2026-4755](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4755/): CWE-20 in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-33854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33854/): Out-of-bounds Write in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-4756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4756/): Out-of-bounds Write in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-33852](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33852/): Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-4754](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4754/): CWE-79 in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7 (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-33856 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-33856 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7, published on 24 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-33856 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33856/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33856/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33856
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33856
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33856

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33856/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.