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
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.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61861
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-61861 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for ImageMagick
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- lowCVE-2026-61870: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VIFF encoder when memo…nvd · 2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-61858: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the APNG encoder and ext…nvd · 2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-61857: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability caused by missing nul…nvd · 2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-61465: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 is missing a check for the allowed memory allocation…nvd · 2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-56372: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-19 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the magnify opera…nvd · 2026-07-11
- lowCVE-2026-56373: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-15 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the PDB decoder that us…nvd · 2026-07-10
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- lowCVE-2026-61857: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability caused by missing nul…2026-07-11
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