Medium [CVE-2026-61857] Application crashes via malicious XMP profiles
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-61857 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat package: imagemagick.
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Summary
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.
A flaw was found in ImageMagick. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause the application to crash.
The issue stems from improper handling of XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) profiles within image files. By crafting a malicious image with specially designed XMP data, an attacker can trigger a heap use-after-free condition, leading to a denial of service.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-476.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: imagemagick.
- < 7.1.2-26
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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