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 denial of service.

CVSS 4.0

2.1CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-29)

CWE

CWE-401

Published

2026-07-11

Modified

2026-10-29

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-29

Affected

• imagemagick:imagemagick

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-m596-67p7-69wh
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-memory-leak-via-viff-encoder

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