Commit 7cfae4da2 for imagemagick.org

commit 7cfae4da24a995fb05386d77364ff404a7cca7bc
Author: Cristy <urban-warrior@imagemagick.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 16 10:00:58 2026 -0500

    https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-w8mw-frc6-r7m8

diff --git a/coders/msl.c b/coders/msl.c
index 2d791cdc2..eb92a58b0 100644
--- a/coders/msl.c
+++ b/coders/msl.c
@@ -3399,10 +3399,13 @@ static void MSLStartElement(void *context,const xmlChar *tag,
           quantize_info=AcquireQuantizeInfo(msl_info->image_info[n]);
           quantize_info->dither_method=dither != MagickFalse ?
             RiemersmaDitherMethod : NoDitherMethod;
-          (void) RemapImages(quantize_info,msl_info->image[n],
-            affinity_image,exception);
+          if (affinity_image != (Image *) NULL)
+            {
+              (void) RemapImages(quantize_info,msl_info->image[n],
+                affinity_image,exception);
+              affinity_image=DestroyImage(affinity_image);
+            }
           quantize_info=DestroyQuantizeInfo(quantize_info);
-          affinity_image=DestroyImage(affinity_image);
           break;
         }
       if (LocaleCompare((const char *) tag,"matte-floodfill") == 0)