{"id":"CVE-2026-116149","title":"ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Memory corruption via crafted bzip2 compressed images (CVE-2026-116149)","summary":"A flaw was found in ImageMagick. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of bzip2 compressed images, where stack memory can be overwritten during decoding. By submitting a specially crafted image, an attacker can…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":["CWE-787","CWE-121"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","affected":["enterprise_linux 6","enterprise_linux 7"],"published":"2026-10-25","updated":"2026-10-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-25T14:00:25+00:00","source":"CSAF","sourceUrl":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116149.json","references":[{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116149.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116149"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560428"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116149"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116149"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-pwpf-8799-94cj"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-58-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-33-stack-buffer-overflow-via-bzip2-compressed-images"}],"tags":["csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"scores":{"vendor":7.8,"cna":8.1},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-25T22:08:29.953Z","epss":0.00348,"epssPercentile":0.28287,"slug":"CVE-2026-116149","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in ImageMagick. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the handling of bzip2 compressed images, where stack memory can be overwritten during decoding. By submitting a specially crafted image, an attacker can exploit this issue to cause memory corruption or crash the application, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · updated 2026-10-25 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116149.json)\n\n**ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Memory corruption via crafted bzip2 compressed images** — rated Important by Red Hat. Released 2026-10-25.\n\nAffected:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n\nNo fix planned:\n\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\n- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\n\n## Remediation\n\nAffected","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":229496,"id":"CVE-2026-116149","ts":1793019803084,"field":"cvss","old":"8.1","new":"7.8"}]}