ImageMagick up to 7.1.2-25 XMP use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in ImageMagick. This impacts an unknown function of the component XMP Handler. The manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-61857. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component XMP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-61857 since 07/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 7.1.2-26 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Image Processing Software

Name

• ImageMagick

Version

• 1.1.7
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.8
• 5.4
• 5.4.3
• 5.4.4
• 5.4.4.5
• 5.4.7
• 5.4.8
• 5.4.8.2.1.1.0
• 5.5
• 5.5.3.2.1.2.0
• 5.5.4
• 5.5.6
• 5.5.6.0 2003-04-09
• 5.5.7
• 5.5.7.31
• 6
• 6.0
• 6.0.0.7
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.1.4
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.2.5
• 6.0.2.7
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.3.5
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.4.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.5.3
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.6.1
• 6.0.6.2
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.1
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1.6
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.2
• 6.2.0.4
• 6.2.0.7
• 6.2.0.8
• 6.2.1
• 6.2.1.7
• 6.2.2
• 6.2.2.3
• 6.2.2.5
• 6.2.3
• 6.2.3.6
• 6.2.4
• 6.2.4.2-r1
• 6.2.4.5
• 6.2.5
• 6.2.6
• 6.2.7
• 6.2.8
• 6.2.9
• 6.3.0.0
• 6.3.0.1
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• 6.3.2.7
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• 6.3.3.0
• 6.3.3.1
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• 6.3.3.3
• 6.3.3.4
• 6.3.5-9
• 6.5.2-8
• 6.5.3-5
• 6.6.0-4
• 6.7.8-0
• 6.7.8-1
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• 6.8.9-9
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• 6.8.9.9
• 6.8.9.9-4
• 6.9.0-4 Beta
• 6.9.0-5 Beta
• 6.9.1-3
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• 6.9.9-0
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• 6.9.9-24
• 6.9.10-41
• 6.9.10-42
• 6.9.10-68
• 6.9.10-69
• 6.9.11-0
• 6.9.11-22
• 6.9.11-40
• 6.9.12
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• 6.9.12-91
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• 7
• 7.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.1-0
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• 7.0.3-6
• 7.0.3-8
• 7.0.3.0
• 7.0.3.7
• 7.0.3.8
• 7.0.4-3
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• 7.0.4-6
• 7.0.4-9
• 7.0.4.9
• 7.0.5-0
• 7.0.5-2
• 7.0.5-4
• 7.0.5-5
• 7.0.5-6
• 7.0.5-6 Q16
• 7.0.5-7
• 7.0.5-8
• 7.0.5-9
• 7.0.5-10
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.6-0
• 7.0.6-1
• 7.0.6-1 Q16
• 7.0.6-2
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• 7.0.6-8
• 7.0.6-8 Q16
• 7.0.6-10
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• 7.0.7-28
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• 7.0.8-11
• 7.0.8-11 Q16
• 7.0.8-13
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• 7.0.8-16
• 7.0.8-25
• 7.0.8-26 Q16
• 7.0.8-32
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• 7.0.8-41
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• 7.0.8-42
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• 7.0.8-50 Q16
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• 7.0.8-55
• 7.0.8-62
• 7.0.8-67
• 7.0.8-68
• 7.0.8-69
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.9-0
• 7.0.9-7 Q16
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.10-0
• 7.0.10-7
• 7.0.10-31
• 7.0.10-34
• 7.0.10-39
• 7.0.10-40
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• 7.0.10-56
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.11-5
• 7.0.11-14
• 7.1.0-4
• 7.1.0-6
• 7.1.0-7
• 7.1.0-14
• 7.1.0-27
• 7.1.0-30
• 7.1.0-49
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.1-7
• 7.1.1-14
• 7.1.1-44
• 7.1.2-0
• 7.1.2-1
• 7.1.2-2
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License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.imagemagick.org/

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