---
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
---

## Overview

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, writing data beyond allocated memory limits, which corrupts memory and crashes the application.

## Vendor advisories

- **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)

**ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via crafted image in X11 animate operation** — rated Low by Red Hat. Released 2026-10-25.

Affected:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

No fix planned:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

## Remediation

Out of support scope