Use-after-free in ImageMagick - CVE-2026-61860

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135673

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-61860

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the freetype initialization method when handling freetype initialization failures. A remote attacker can trigger a freetype initialization failure to cause a denial of service.

ImageMagick
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Anolis OS
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-devel
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
ImageMagick-extra
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-doc
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagick++-devel
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-djvu
ImageMagick-libs
ImageMagick-perl

Install security update from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13-51, 7.1.2-26
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-extra - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.80.2, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.70.1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.2.27-1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.27-1

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-6jwg-7q3p-5fqm

• Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick
• SUSE update for ImageMagick
• Anolis OS update for ImageMagick