diff --git a/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/utils/memory.ts b/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/utils/memory.ts
index 832809369..26c18c730 100644
--- a/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/utils/memory.ts
+++ b/mem0-ts/src/oss/src/utils/memory.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ const parse_vision_messages = async (messages: Message[]) => {
         typeof message.content === "object" &&
         message.content.type === "image_url"
       ) {
-        const description = await get_image_description(
-          message.content.image_url.url,
-        );
+        const imageUrl = message.content.image_url?.url;
+        if (!imageUrl) {
+          throw new Error("image_url content part is missing image_url.url");
+        }
+        const description = await get_image_description(imageUrl);
         new_message.content =
           typeof description === "string"
             ? description
diff --git a/mem0/memory/utils.py b/mem0/memory/utils.py
index dbfd3384d..dd7b1e4cc 100644
--- a/mem0/memory/utils.py
+++ b/mem0/memory/utils.py
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ def parse_vision_messages(messages, llm=None, vision_details="auto"):
         elif isinstance(content, dict) and content.get("type") == "image_url":
             if llm is None:
                 continue
-            image_url = content["image_url"]["url"]
+            image_url_obj = content.get("image_url")
+            image_url = image_url_obj.get("url") if isinstance(image_url_obj, dict) else None
+            if not image_url:
+                raise ValueError("image_url content part is missing image_url.url")
             try:
                 description = get_image_description(image_url, llm, vision_details)
                 returned_messages.append({"role": role, "content": description})
diff --git a/tests/memory/test_memory_utils.py b/tests/memory/test_memory_utils.py
index 820729133..49c55c5cb 100644
--- a/tests/memory/test_memory_utils.py
+++ b/tests/memory/test_memory_utils.py
@@ -96,6 +96,24 @@ class TestParseVisionMessages:
         result = parse_vision_messages(messages, llm=None)
         assert result == messages
 
+    def test_malformed_image_dict_raises_value_error(self):
+        # A malformed image part (missing the nested url) used to raise an
+        # uncaught KeyError that aborted add(); it should raise a clear ValueError.
+        mock_llm = Mock()
+        messages = [{"role": "user", "content": {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {}}}]
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"missing image_url\.url"):
+            parse_vision_messages(messages, llm=mock_llm)
+        mock_llm.generate_response.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_none_image_url_raises_value_error(self):
+        # image_url present but None (or any non-dict) must also raise the clear
+        # ValueError, not an AttributeError from calling .get() on None.
+        mock_llm = Mock()
+        messages = [{"role": "user", "content": {"type": "image_url", "image_url": None}}]
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"missing image_url\.url"):
+            parse_vision_messages(messages, llm=mock_llm)
+        mock_llm.generate_response.assert_not_called()
+
 
 class TestRemoveSpacesFromEntities:
     """