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{"bugzilla": {"description": "ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service Vulnerability", "id": "2442112", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2442112"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.3", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-772", "details": ["A flaw was found in ImageMagick, an open-source software for image manipulation. This vulnerability is a memory leak that occurs when processing certain image objects. An attacker can exploit this flaw to repeatedly trigger the memory leak, which can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by consuming excessive system memory and making the application unavailable."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "To mitigate this issue, avoid processing untrusted or maliciously crafted image files with ImageMagick. If ImageMagick is used in a server-side application or service that handles external input, consider implementing resource limits for the ImageMagick process to prevent excessive memory consumption, or run the process within a sandboxed environment to contain potential denial of service attacks."}, "name": "CVE-2026-25796", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "ImageMagick", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "ImageMagick", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}], "public_date": "2026-02-24T00:57:27Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25796\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25796\nhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-g2pr-qxjg-7r2w"], "statement": "This MODERATE impact vulnerability in ImageMagick involves a memory leak when processing certain image files due to unfreed objects in the `ReadSTEGANOImage()` function. This flaw can lead to a denial of service by exhausting system memory. Red Hat Enterprise Linux and community projects utilizing ImageMagick are affected.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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