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CVE-2026-61861: ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Use-After-Free in FormatMagickCaption

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-11 · updated 2026-10-29
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

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.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 6.9.13-51; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-26 — fixed in 6.9.13-51, 7.1.2-26
• ImageMagick: from 7.0.0 before 7.1.2-26 — fixed in 7.1.2-26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.13-51, 7.1.2-26; ImageMagick 7.1.2-26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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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