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CVE-2026-61857 json

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Heap Use-After-Free via XMP

published 4mo ago modified 13d ago also EUVD-2026-43186 , GHSA-84mh-5fq7-7fx5 , GHSA-qh5g-q395-cx4j , JLSEC-2026-1063

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability caused by missing null check when parsing XMP profiles. Attackers can craft malicious image files with specially crafted XMP data to trigger the vulnerability and cause application crashes.

Patch / fix

  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x86 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x64 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x86 14.15.0
  • nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 14.15.0
  • julia ImageMagick_jll 7.1.2028+0
  • ImageMagick ImageMagick 6.9.13-51, 7.1.2-26
  • imagemagick Debian 12 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u13
  • imagemagick Debian 13 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u12
  • imagemagick Debian 14 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61857

  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm14
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm13
  • imagemagick Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-61857

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
  • ImageMagick SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 7.1.0.9-150400.6.101.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 7.1.2.0-160000.12.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
  • ImageMagick SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 6.8.8.1-71.264.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3219-1SUSE-SU-2026:3194-1SUSE-SU-2026:3193-1SUSE-SU-2026:3192-1SUSE-SU-2026:22829-1

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Leap 16.0 7.1.2.0-160000.12.1
  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.2.27-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21391-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11273-1

  • glib Alpine 3.23 2.86.5-r0
  • imagemagick Alpine 3.23 7.1.2.29-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-61857

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-61857 updated cvss 6.5

ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Application crashes via malicious XMP profiles

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.3 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
CNA 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
GitHub 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA 4.0 6.3 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-x86
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q8-x86
<14.15.0
14.15.0
nuget Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64
<14.15.0
14.15.0
julia ImageMagick_jll
<7.1.2028+0
7.1.2028+0

Affected products

  • ImageMagick ImageMagick

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-416 Use After Free
  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
  • CWE-703 Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

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