CVE-2026-61861

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the FormatMagickCaption method when memory allocation fails. Attackers can trigger memory allocation failures to cause a dangling pointer to reference freed memory, potentially enabling denial of service or code execution.

CVSS v3 3.7 LOW

3.7^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2	Vendor Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-use-after-free-in-formatmagickcaption	Broken Link

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-11 14:16

Updated : 2026-07-13 22:09

NVD link : CVE-2026-61861

Mitre link : CVE-2026-61861

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-61861

JSON object : View

Products Affected

imagemagick

imagemagick

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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