{"id":"CVE-2026-116152","title":"ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via memory leak in MAT decoder (CVE-2026-116152)","summary":"A flaw was found in ImageMagick. An attacker could exploit this issue by providing a specially crafted MAT image file that triggers an error-handling path where allocated memory is not properly released. Over time, repeated processing of t…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":["CWE-772","CWE-401"],"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":"2026-10-25T14:10:35+00:00","source":"CSAF","sourceUrl":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116152.json","references":[{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116152.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116152"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560448"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116152"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116152"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-83w9-w85j-h9jc"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-7.1.2-33-memory-leak-in-mat-decoder-error-path"}],"tags":["csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-25T22:08:29.952Z","epss":0.00305,"epssPercentile":0.23096,"slug":"CVE-2026-116152","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in ImageMagick. An attacker could exploit this issue by providing a specially crafted MAT image file that triggers an error-handling path where allocated memory is not properly released. Over time, repeated processing of these files can cause memory exhaustion, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · 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-2026-116152.json)\n\n**ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via memory leak in MAT decoder** — rated Moderate 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\nOut of support scope","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}