Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick - CVE-2025-68618
Published: January 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU121120
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2025-68618
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-68618
Install updates from vendor's website.