What is CVE-2026-61861?

CVE-2026-61861 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2026-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-61861?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.

Use After Free in Imagemagick

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, pot…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 0, 7.1.2-26, 6.9.13-51

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-61861?: CVE-2026-61861 is a low-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2026-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-61861?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.