The following link explains the issue in detail: http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23117 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ImageMagick-6.8.3/coders/url.c Mon Dec 10 05:09:00 2012 +++ ImageMagick-6.8.3/coders/url.c Mon Apr 22 00:07:50 2013 @@ -154,12 +154,9 @@ file=fdopen(unique_file,"wb"); if ((unique_file == -1) || (file == (FILE *) NULL)) { - read_info=DestroyImageInfo(read_info); - (void) CopyMagickString(image->filename,read_info->filename, - MaxTextExtent); ThrowFileException(exception,FileOpenError,"UnableToCreateTemporaryFile", - image->filename); - image=DestroyImageList(image); + read_info->filename); + read_info=DestroyImageList(read_info); return((Image *) NULL); } (void) CopyMagickString(filename,image_info->magick,MaxTextExtent);