🛡️ CVE-2026-61857 — imagemagick
Description
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.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.
Weakness class
CVE-2026-61857 is classified as CWE-252: Unchecked Return Value. A return value signalling failure is ignored, and execution continues as though the operation had succeeded.
Affected software
CVE-2026-61857 is recorded against 18 packages.
- imagemagick (from 7.0.0-0 up to 7.1.2-26)
- magick.net-q16-anycpu (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q16-x86 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-anycpu (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-x64 (fixed in 14.15.0)
- magick.net-q8-x86 (fixed in 14.15.0)
Timeline and source
Published on 11 July 2026 and last revised on 13 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
References
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | 7.0.0-0 | 7.1.2-26 |
| magick.net-q16-anycpu | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-openmp-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-hdri-x86 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-openmp-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-openmp-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q16-x86 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-anycpu | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-openmp-arm64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-openmp-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-x64 | — | 14.15.0 |
| magick.net-q8-x86 | — | 14.15.0 |
References
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