Memory leak in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-53464

Vulnerability identifier: #VU134220

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53464

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to missing release of memory after effective lifetime in wand option parser when processing invalid arguments. A remote attacker can provide invalid options to cause a denial of service.

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

Install security update from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2-25
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.65.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.87.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.73.1
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-secure - 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 (Debian package) - update to 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u10
ImageMagick-debuginfo - update to 7.1.2.25-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.25-1
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.25-1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.25-1
ImageMagick-help - update to 7.1.2.25-1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.25-1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.25-1
ImageMagick-debugsource - update to 7.1.2.25-1

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-j989-f892-2335

• Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for ImageMagick
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for ImageMagick
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for ImageMagick
• Debian update for imagemagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick