CVE-2026-61872 ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Memory Leak via TIFF Encoder
Attackers can cause memory exhaustion and denial of service by supplying malformed tile geometry parameters to the TIFF encoder in ImageMagick.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-61872?
CVE-2026-61872 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in ImageMagick, published on 15 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a memory leak in the TIFF encoder when an invalid tiff:tile-geometry is specified. Supplying malformed tile geometry parameters causes allocated memory not to be released, which can lead to increased memory consumption.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-61872?
34 open source packages ship an affected version, including Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU, Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU and Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
28 more packages
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q16-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x64 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
Magick.NET-Q8-x86 NuGet | All versions | 14.15.0 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-61872?
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.15.0 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-61872 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-61872 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61872, ECHO-bb6d-ae7a-b640, GHSA-3mhh-97mg-5hxp, GHSA-h5r4-w88w-7ccr, JLSEC-2026-1078, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61872.