{"id":"CVE-2026-61861","title":"ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the FormatMagickCaption method when memory allocation fails","summary":"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, p…","severity":"low","cvss":3.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-416"],"published":"2026-07-11","updated":"2026-07-11","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61861","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-26-use-after-free-in-formatmagickcaption","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-07-12T00:16:39.364Z","epss":0.00323,"epssPercentile":0.2563,"slug":"CVE-2026-61861","body":"## Overview\n\nImageMagick 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":20,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":20.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}