Low severity · published Oct 25, 2026
CVE-2026-116160
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-58 and 7.x before 7.1.2-33 Heap Buffer Overflow via X11 Animate
New
3.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ImageMagick before 6.9.13-58 and 7.x before 7.1.2-33 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the X11 animate operation when processing crafted images. Attackers can supply a malicious image that, when a user runs an X11 animate operation on it, overwrites heap memory and can crash the application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
ImageMagick · ImageMagick
7.0.0-0 before 7.1.2-33; before 6.9.13-58 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116160
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116160
github.com
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-6p6q-wfrv-ffhh
www.vulncheck.com
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
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