CVE-2026-33856
Molotovcherry Android-Imagemagick7 ≤ 7.1.2-11
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2026-33856 is a high-severity Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (CWE-401) vulnerability in Molotovcherry Android-Imagemagick7. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 28th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2026-33856 is a Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability (CWE-401) in the MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7 library. This issue affects versions of Android-ImageMagick7 prior to 7.1.2-11 and was published on 2026-03-24. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5, rated as High severity.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction, and without changing scope (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U). Successful exploitation results in no impact to confidentiality or integrity but high impact to availability (C:N/I:N/A:H), typically manifesting as denial of service through memory exhaustion due to improper memory release.
The referenced GitHub pull request at https://github.com/MolotovCherry/Android-ImageMagick7/pull/191 provides the fix for this vulnerability. Mitigation involves updating Android-ImageMagick7 to version 7.1.2-11 or later.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-14762
Vulnerability Data
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in MolotovCherry Android-ImageMagick7.This issue affects Android-ImageMagick7: before 7.1.2-11.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation (static analysis, fuzzing, or runtime leak detection) directly finds missing deallocation.
Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate memory-management disciplines that avoid leaks at introduction.
Engineering principles applied during development can require explicit resource-release patterns that stop memory leaks from being coded.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly enforce proper memory allocation/deallocation via coding standards, reviews, and tooling.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development can detect unreleased memory, providing partial coverage of the weakness.
Secure development life cycle mandates memory-management practices that reduce missing-release defects.
Application security requirements can specify explicit memory-release rules, partially mitigating the weakness.
Secure system architecture and engineering principles include resource-management guidelines that address memory leaks.
Secure coding standards directly require proper allocation/deallocation, covering most of this weakness.
Capacity management may detect memory exhaustion symptoms but does not prevent the coding flaw.