CVE-2026-61857

Publication date 11 July 2026

Last updated 9 September 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm14
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: 150c985

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 6.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Attack requirements	Present
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	None
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	None
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	Low
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.3 · Medium
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

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

Base score 3.7 · Low