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 4.0

6.3CVSS: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 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 46% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-29)

CWE

CWE-416

Published

2026-07-11

Modified

2026-10-29

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-29

Affected

• imagemagick:imagemagick

References

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

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