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GHSA-gxcx-qjqp-8vjw

MediumCVSS 5.3 / 10
Published Feb 24, 2026·Last modified Feb 24, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Memory leak exists in coders/msl.c. In the WriteMSLImage function of the msl.c file, resources are allocated. But the function returns early without releasing these allocated resources.

==78983== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==78983== Copyright (C) 2002-2022, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==78983== Using Valgrind-3.22.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==78983== 
==78983== 177,196 (13,512 direct, 163,684 indirect) bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 21 of 21
==78983==    at 0x4846828: malloc (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
Risk Scores
Base Score
5.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
4.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.33%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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