CVE-2026-61861 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Use-After-Free in FormatMagickCaption

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.07.2026 Published: 11.07.2026 Updated: 11.07.2026

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 Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 6.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	High	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 3.7

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 7.1.2-26 (excl.) Version 7.1.2-26 is unaffected

Vendor	ImageMagick
Product	ImageMagick
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 6.9.13-51 (excl.) Version 6.9.13-51 is unaffected

CVE-2026-61861 PUBLISHED

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Use-After-Free in FormatMagickCaption

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