CVE-2026-61861
highImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the FormatMagickCaption method when memory allocation fails.
Vendor / product: Imagemagick — imagemagick
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
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-11 14:16
Modified: 2026-10-29 21:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 9 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-29 21:28 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
imagemagick / imagemagick <6.9.13-51, ≥7.0.0-0 <7.1.2-26
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-use-after-free-in-formatmagickc... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-29 21:28 UTC · record ↗