Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick - CVE-2025-68950

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Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick - CVE-2025-68950

Published: January 9, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU121121
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-2025-68950
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 MVG files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted MVG file to the application and perform a denial of service attack. 


Affected software

ImageMagick
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
Ubuntu
Desktop Applications Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
ImageMagick-debuginfo
ImageMagick
ImageMagick-c++
ImageMagick-c++-devel
ImageMagick-debugsource
ImageMagick-devel
ImageMagick-perl
ImageMagick-help
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-SUSE
perl-PerlMagick
ImageMagick-extra
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10
ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream
libMagick++-devel
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
perl-PerlMagick-debuginfo
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-debuginfo
libMagick++-devel-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
libMagick++-7_Q16HDRI5-32bit-debuginfo
libMagickWand-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-devel-32bit
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-websafe
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-secure
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-limited
ImageMagick-config-7-upstream-open

How to mitigate CVE-2025-68950

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+esm23, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm22, 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm14, 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm12, 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm12, 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm11, 8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ImageMagick-debuginfo - 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-debugsource - 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
ImageMagick-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
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
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
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-extra - 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-devel - 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++-devel - 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 - 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-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
ImageMagick-debugsource - 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
libMagick++-devel-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
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_Q16HDRI10-32bit - 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
libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-32bit - addressed in versions 7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1, 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1
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-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-config-7-upstream-open - addressed in versions 7.1.1.21-150600.3.35.1, 7.1.1.43-150700.3.30.1

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