Bug 2560451 (CVE-2026-116157)

Summary: CVE-2026-116157 ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via memory leak in PerlMagick
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Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in ImageMagick. The PerlMagick component fails to properly release memory allocated when reading image properties. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by repeatedly triggering property read operations to exhaust system memory, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Bug Depends On: 2560944, 2560945, 2560946    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-25 13:35:35 UTC
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 contains a memory leak vulnerability in PerlMagick that fails to free values returned when reading image properties. Attackers can repeatedly trigger property reads through five affected PerlMagick code locations to exhaust memory and cause denial of service.