ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, in `ReadSTEGANOImage()` (`coders/stegano.c`), the `watermark` Image object is not freed on three early-return paths, resulting in a definite memory leak (~13.5KB+ per invocation) that can be exploited for denial of service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch.
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| Description | ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40, in `ReadSTEGANOImage()` (`coders/stegano.c`), the `watermark` Image object is not freed on three early-return paths, resulting in a definite memory leak (~13.5KB+ per invocation) that can be exploited for denial of service. Versions 7.1.2-15 and 6.9.13-40 contain a patch. | |
| Title | ImageMagick has memory leak of watermark Image object in ReadSTEGANOImage on multiple error/early-return paths | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-02-24T00:57:27.441Z
Reserved: 2026-02-05T19:58:01.640Z
Link: CVE-2026-25796
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-24T01:16:14.293
Modified: 2026-02-24T01:16:14.293
Link: CVE-2026-25796
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