Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ImageMagick - #VU147198
Published: September 6, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU147198
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the UHDR encoder when allocating a buffer that contains all the pixels of an image. A remote attacker can cause the encoder to allocate a buffer containing all the pixels of an image to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
ImageMagick
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2-31