| Name | CVE-2026-61861 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick (PTS) | bullseye | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u14 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u11 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u10 | vulnerable | |
| trixie (security) | 8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u11 | vulnerable | |
| forky, sid | 8:7.1.2.27+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | source | (unstable) | 8:7.1.2.26+dfsg1-1 |
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2
Fixed by: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f89d59c5370cc48b758148cbdbea84c50511fee8 (7.1.2-26)
Fixed by: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/0091f38a106601893c77c2d298708048cd2930f5 (6.9.13-51)