CVE-2026-61870
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via specially crafted VIFF images
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 11, 2026
Updated · July 14, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in ImageMagick. This vulnerability involves a memory leak within the VIFF encoder, a component responsible for handling image files. An attacker could exploit this by providing specially crafted VIFF images, which would trigger memory allocation failures. This action can exhaust available system memory, leading to a denial of service (DoS) where the system becomes unresponsive.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 2.9CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime