Description
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.
Published: 2026-07-15
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title ImageMagick before 7.1.2-26 Use-After-Free via freetype
First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}


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Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T12:22:16.832Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T21:53:55.769Z

Link: CVE-2026-61860

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T12:22:12.800Z

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