What is CVE-2026-61870?

CVE-2026-61870 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2026-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-61870?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2026-61870

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VIFF encoder when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger allocation failures by processing specially crafted VIFF images to exhaust available memory and cause…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 0, 7.1.2-26, 6.9.13-51

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-61870?: CVE-2026-61870 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2026-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-61870?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.