SUSE update for ImageMagick

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU109948

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43965

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling image depth after SetQuantumFormat is used. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ImageMagick to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended: Security

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

ImageMagick-devel: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

libMagick++-devel: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

libMagickWand-6_Q16-1: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

ImageMagick-debugsource: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

ImageMagick-config-6-upstream: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

ImageMagick-debuginfo: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

libMagickCore-6_Q16-1: before 6.8.8.1-71.204.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12_sp5_ltss_extended:Security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap_applications_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_12:SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:imagemagick-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libmagick_plus_plus_-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libmagickcore-6_q16-1-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libmagickwand-6_q16-1:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libmagickwand-6_q16-1-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:imagemagick-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:imagemagick-config-6-upstream:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:imagemagick-config-6-suse:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:imagemagick-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libmagickcore-6_q16-1:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20251489-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.