Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick - CVE-2025-68618

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU121120

Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick - CVE-2025-68618

Published: January 9, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU121120
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-2025-68618
CWE-ID: CWE-674
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 uncontrolled recursion when handling SVG files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted SVG file to the application and perform a denial of service 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 Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Ubuntu
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo
ImageMagick-debugsource
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-help
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-extra
perl-PerlMagick
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
libMagick++-devel-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-64bit
ImageMagick-doc
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-djvu
ImageMagick-libs

How to mitigate CVE-2025-68618

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2-12
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 6.8.8.1-71.224.1
libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.224.1
libMagick++-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.224.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.224.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.224.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-config-6-upstream - update to 6.8.8.1-71.224.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1-debuginfo - update to 6.8.8.1-71.224.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.8.8.1-71.224.1, 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
libMagickWand-6_Q16-1 - update to 6.8.8.1-71.224.1
ImageMagick-config-6-SUSE - update to 6.8.8.1-71.224.1
ImageMagick-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
ImageMagick-c++ - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
ImageMagick-c++-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
ImageMagick-devel - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
ImageMagick-perl - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
ImageMagick-help - addressed in versions 6.9.13.37-1, 7.1.2.12-1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-extra - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
perl-PerlMagick - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagick++-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
ImageMagick-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
ImageMagick-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagick++-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
ImageMagick-doc - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10 - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream - update to 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1
ImageMagick-c++ - update to 7.1.2.8-3
ImageMagick - update to 7.1.2.8-3
ImageMagick-c++-devel - update to 7.1.2.8-3
ImageMagick-devel - update to 7.1.2.8-3
ImageMagick-djvu - update to 7.1.2.8-3
ImageMagick-libs - update to 7.1.2.8-3
ImageMagick-perl - update to 7.1.2.8-3
ImageMagick-doc - update to 7.1.2.8-3

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