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SUSE GraphicsMagick Low Memory Leak Fix 2026-3201-1 CVE-2026-61870

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2026
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This update addresses a memory leak issue in GraphicsMagick for SUSE. Install the patch to secure your systems against exploitation.
SUSE released a security update for GraphicsMagick addressing CVE-2026-61870, involving a memory leak in the VIFF encoder due to allocation failures, affecting several SUSE product...

Summary

## This update for GraphicsMagick fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-61870: Memory leak in VIFF encoder when allocation fails (bsc#1271293). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2026-3201=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3201=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libGraphicsMagickWand-Q16-2-debuginfo-1.3.42-150600.3.36.1 * libGraphicsMagick-Q16-3-1.3.42-150600.3.36.1 * libGraphicsMagick3-config-1.3.42-150600.3.36.1 * GraphicsMagick-debugsource-1.3.42-150600.3.36.1

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References

* bsc#1271293

Cross-

* CVE-2026-61870

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-61870 ( SUSE ): 2.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-61870 ( SUSE ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-61870 ( NVD ): 2.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-61870 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-61870 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3201-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T18:53:49Z
Rating: low

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