Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-56371

Vulnerability identifier: #VU123251

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-56371

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in coders/txt.c without freetype. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1
ImageMagick-debuginfo
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream
ImageMagick-devel
libMagick++-devel
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
ImageMagick-doc
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
perl-PerlMagick
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
ImageMagick-extra
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
imagemagick (Debian package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-40, 7.1.2-15
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.259.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.259.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.96.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
imagemagick (Debian package) - update to 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-3q5f-gmjc-38r8

• Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick
• Debian update for imagemagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick