{"id":"CVE-2026-116160","title":"ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via crafted image in X11 animate operation (CVE-2026-116160)","summary":"A flaw was found in ImageMagick. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted image file using the X11 animate feature. Processing the image triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, w…","severity":"low","cvss":3.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":["CWE-787","CWE-122"],"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":"2026-10-25T13:55:37+00:00","source":"CSAF","sourceUrl":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116160.json","references":[{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-116160.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116160"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2560409"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116160"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116160"},{"url":"https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-6p6q-wfrv-ffhh"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/imagemagick-before-6.9.13-58-and-7-x-before-7.1.2-33-heap-buffer-overflow-via-x11-animate"}],"tags":["csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-25T22:08:29.949Z","epss":0.00123,"epssPercentile":0.0205,"slug":"CVE-2026-116160","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in ImageMagick. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted image file using the X11 animate feature. Processing the image triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, writing data beyond allocated memory limits, which corrupts memory and crashes the application.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · 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-2026-116160.json)\n\n**ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via crafted image in X11 animate operation** — rated Low 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":18,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":18.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}