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ImageMagick CVE-2026-61860

| EUVDEUVD-2026-44610 MEDIUM
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-07-15 VulnCheck GHSA-9jv5-jcq7-xww3
Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption Red Hat Imagemagick 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), high complexity to reliably trigger FreeType init failure (AC:H), no auth required (PR:N), strictly availability-only impact (A:L, S:U).

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
3.7 LOW
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

3
Patch available
Jul 15, 2026 - 13:03 EUVD
Analysis Generated
Jul 15, 2026 - 12:33 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jul 15, 2026 - 11:25 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.3

DescriptionCVE.org

ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 and 6.9.13-51 contains a use-after-free vulnerability that occurs when freetype initialization fails: the method does not exit and continues to use memory that was already freed. This can be triggered during image processing and may lead to a denial of service.

AnalysisAI

Use-after-free in ImageMagick's FreeType integration path allows remote denial of service against image processing pipelines using vulnerable 6.x or 7.x releases. When FreeType initialization fails during an image processing operation, the affected code path neglects to exit cleanly and continues referencing already-freed memory, causing process corruption or crash. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the CVSS 4.0 score of 6.3 with AC:H and AT:P reflects meaningful preconditions required to trigger the failure path.

Technical ContextAI

ImageMagick is a widely deployed open-source image processing suite used heavily in web application stacks for format conversion, resizing, annotation, and rendering. The vulnerability (CWE-416: Use After Free) resides in the FreeType integration layer - FreeType being the font rendering library ImageMagick calls for text-drawing and font-related image operations such as 'label:', 'caption:', and 'annotate'. When FreeType initialization fails - due to missing font resources, misconfigured font paths, or resource exhaustion - the affected method does not return early as expected; instead it proceeds to dereference a pointer whose backing allocation has already been released. The CPE strings (cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*) confirm both the 6.x legacy and 7.x current branches share the vulnerable code. This class of memory safety flaw (CWE-416) can manifest as a crash, silent data corruption, or in theoretically favorable memory layout conditions, code execution - though only denial of service is confirmed by available data here.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to ImageMagick 7.1.2-26 or later (7.x branch) or 6.9.13-51 or later (6.x branch), as confirmed by the vendor security advisory GHSA-6jwg-7q3p-5fqm (https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-6jwg-7q3p-5fqm). If immediate patching is not feasible, restrict or disable FreeType-dependent operations in ImageMagick's policy.xml by denying font-related delegates - this trades off text annotation and label-rendering functionality but eliminates exposure to the vulnerable code path. Additionally, sandboxing ImageMagick worker processes via seccomp profiles, AppArmor, or container isolation (e.g., running conversions in a throwaway container) limits the DoS blast radius to the isolated process rather than the host service. Restricting which image operations untrusted users can trigger (blocking 'label:', 'caption:', 'annotate' commands at the application layer) is a targeted compensating control with minimal functional side effects for applications that do not require those features.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
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