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ImageMagick CVE-2026-61857

| EUVDEUVD-2026-43186 MEDIUM
Unchecked Return Value (CWE-252)
2026-07-11 VulnCheck GHSA-84mh-5fq7-7fx5
Denial Of Service Imagemagick Red Hat Suse
6.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY
6.3 MEDIUM
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
vuln.today AI
3.7 LOW

Network reachable via image upload (AV:N), but AC:H reflects CVSS 4.0 AT:P precondition; impact is availability-only (crash) with no C/I impact per scored data.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
3.7 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Red Hat
6.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Jul 11, 2026 - 15:01 EUVD
Analysis Generated
Jul 11, 2026 - 14:08 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Heap use-after-free in ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash applications processing attacker-supplied image files by embedding specially crafted XMP profile data. The root cause is a missing null check (CWE-252) during XMP metadata parsing, which triggers invalid memory access and results in a denial-of-service condition. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing exist at time of analysis, though ImageMagick's deep integration into web image pipelines means a single malicious upload can disrupt server-side processing at scale.

Technical ContextAI

ImageMagick is an open-source image processing library and CLI toolset used extensively across web applications, CMS platforms, and automated image pipelines. XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) is an Adobe-developed XML-based metadata standard embedded in many image formats including JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-252 (Unchecked Return Value): during XMP profile parsing, a pointer or allocation result is used without first verifying it is non-null. In a heap use-after-free, this typically means a heap-allocated structure is freed and then dereferenced, corrupting memory and causing a crash. All ImageMagick versions prior to 7.1.2-26 are affected per CPE cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with no lower version bound specified in available data.

RemediationAI

Upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-26 or later, which addresses the missing null check in XMP profile parsing. The vendor advisory at https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-qh5g-q395-cx4j should be consulted for release confirmation. Where immediate upgrade is not feasible, strip or sanitize XMP metadata from all untrusted image uploads before they reach the ImageMagick parser - tools such as ExifTool with the '-XMP:all=' flag can remove XMP data at ingestion, eliminating the attack surface at the cost of discarding embedded metadata that downstream workflows may depend on. Alternatively, process untrusted images in an isolated subprocess or container so that a crash does not affect the main application process, limiting the denial-of-service impact radius. Disabling ImageMagick policies for XMP-heavy formats (e.g., via policy.xml) is a further hardening option but may break legitimate image workflows.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 Fixed

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