{"id":"CVE-2026-116157","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-116157","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:02:13.179Z","title":"ImageMagick before 7.1.2-33 contains a memory leak vulnerability in PerlMagick that fails to free values returned when reading image properties.","description":"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.","published":"2026-10-25T14:16:54.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T20:17:53.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-401"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00111,"percentile":0.0133,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-26","score":0.00111,"percentile":0.0133}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-25T14:16:54.000Z","detail":{"score":"4.8","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T14:16:54.270Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 4.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-pj4h-g4pf-66v3","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-33-memory-leak-in-perlmagick-property-reading","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116157","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}