Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2025-43965

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU109948

Resource exhaustion in ImageMagick - CVE-2025-43965

Published: May 29, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109948
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-43965
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

ImageMagick
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Fedora
Ubuntu
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1
ImageMagick-devel
libMagick++-devel
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-help
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick
ImageMagick-extra
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagick++-devel-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
ImageMagick-doc
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-libs
ImageMagick-djvu

How to mitigate CVE-2025-43965

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.1.1-44
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm17, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm16, 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm8, 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm6, 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm6, 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm5
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.204.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.204.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.204.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.204.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.204.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.204.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.204.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.30.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream - update to 6.8.8.1-71.204.1
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE - update to 6.8.8.1-71.204.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.204.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.30.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.12.86-6, 7.1.1.8-6, 7.1.1.15-2
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13.49-1.el8, 6.9.13.49-1.el9, 6.9.13.50-1.el8, 6.9.13.50-1.el9
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.30.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
perl-PerlMagick - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-extra - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - update to 7.1.1.21-150600.3.3.1
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.1.36-3
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.1.36-3
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.1.36-3
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.1.36-3
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.1.36-3
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.1.36-3
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.1.36-3
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.1.36-3

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