---
id: "CVE-2026-116160"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-116160"]
title: "ImageMagick: crafted image overflows heap in X11 animate, can crash"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["desktop", "imagemagick", "package", "x11"]
not_affected_if: ["batch-only-processing", "no-x11-display"]
published_at: "2026-10-25T14:16:54+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-25T14:41:22+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T14:43:06+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116160", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-25T14:41:22+00:00"}]
---

# ImageMagick: crafted image overflows heap in X11 animate, can crash

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.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## 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.
- 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.
- Upgrade ImageMagick 7.x to `7.1.2-33` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-25T14:41:22+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116160

## From the sources

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.

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