ImageMagick before 6.9.13-57 and 7.x before 7.1.2-32 contains a memory leak in the SVG encoder (WriteSVGImage) that fails to release allocated memory when handling crafted images. Attackers can supply crafted image files that are processed by the SVG encoder to leak memory and cause a denial of service through resource consumption.
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/a568d698ffb3dd57134fef8e9b64b61f1154a1df
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-w288-jj5x-hhvp
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2eff6be3785d980bb5190244ad432fe6282d29e3
Published: 2026-10-12
Updated: 2026-10-15
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: 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
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00384