{"id":"CVE-2026-116160","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-116160"],"related":[],"title":"ImageMagick: crafted image overflows heap in X11 animate, can crash","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.","summary":"ImageMagick's X11 animate operation has a heap-based buffer overflow when it processes a crafted image. An attacker who supplies such an image and gets a user to run animate on it can overwrite heap memory and crash the application.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["desktop","imagemagick","package","x11"],"not_affected_if":["batch-only-processing","no-x11-display"],"how_to_check":"- Run `magick -version` and compare against the fixed releases: `6.9.13-58` on the 6.x line and `7.1.2-33` on the 7.x line.\n- Check whether X11 display support is used: `magick -list configure` or `convert -list configure` shows the X11 delegate.","fix":"- Upgrade ImageMagick 6.x to `6.9.13-58` or later.\n- Upgrade ImageMagick 7.x to `7.1.2-33` or later.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-25T14:16:54+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-25T14:41:22+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T14:43:06+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T14:43:06+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T14:43:06Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Upgrade ImageMagick 6.x to `6.9.13-58` or later.\n- Upgrade ImageMagick 7.x to `7.1.2-33` or later.","reach":"local","title":"ImageMagick: crafted image overflows heap in X11 animate, can crash","impact":"medium","summary":"ImageMagick's X11 animate operation has a heap-based buffer overflow when it processes a crafted image. An attacker who supplies such an image and gets a user to run animate on it can overwrite heap memory and crash the application.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["imagemagick","desktop","x11"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Application crash; heap memory corruption from a crafted image.","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Run `magick -version` and compare against the fixed releases: `6.9.13-58` on the 6.x line and `7.1.2-33` on the 7.x line.\n- Check whether X11 display support is used: `magick -list configure` or `convert -list configure` shows the X11 delegate.","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["no-x11-display","batch-only-processing"],"who_is_affected":"Only installs before the fixed versions are exposed, and the flaw sits in the X11 animate path, so it matters mainly where users open untrusted images interactively on a desktop with X11. Servers that only convert or resize images in batch without invoking animate are unlikely to be exposed. unknown whether the sources list specific products or distributions.","user_interaction":"yes","needs_special_setup":"yes","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000617,"input_tokens":3338,"output_tokens":567,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-116160':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A '-33':72C '-58':66C '6.9.13':65C '7':68C '7.1.2':71C 'anim':8A,24B,52B,83C,102C 'applic':62B,113C 'attack':40B,89C 'base':30B,77C 'buffer':31B,78C 'contain':73C 'craft':2A,37B,87C 'crash':10A,60B,111C 'cve':11A,14A 'desktop':17B 'get':47B 'heap':5A,29B,57B,76C,107C 'heap-bas':28B,75C 'imag':3A,38B,45B,88C,94C 'imagemagick':1A,18B,21B,63C 'malici':93C 'memori':58B,108C 'oper':25B,84C,103C 'overflow':4A,32B,79C 'overwrit':56B,106C 'packag':19B 'process':35B,86C 'run':51B,99C 'suppli':42B,91C 'user':49B,98C 'x':69C 'x11':7A,20B,23B,82C,101C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Only installs before the fixed versions are exposed, and the flaw sits in the X11 animate path, so it matters mainly where users open untrusted images interactively on a desktop with X11. Servers that only convert or resize images in batch without invoking animate are unlikely to be exposed. unknown whether the sources list specific products or distributions.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-25T14:16:54+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-116160","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116160","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-25T14:16:54+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-25T14:16:54+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-25T14:41:22+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-25T14:41:22+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}