CVE-2026-61861 (GCVE-0-2026-61861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-11 13:01 – Updated: 2026-07-13 15:07
VLAI
Title
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Use-After-Free in FormatMagickCaption
Summary
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.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: 0 , < 7.1.2-26 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.2-26 (semver)
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ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: 0 , < 6.9.13-51 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.9.13-51 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-06-26 00:00
Credits
RigelYoung
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