CVE-2025-68618 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Imagemagick

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 72.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
ImagemagickDebian Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Latest updateFeb 3

Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to version 7.1.2-12, using Magick to read a malicious SVG file resulted in a DoS attack. Version 7.1.2-12 fixes the issue.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u5 (bookworm)
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick< 7.1.2-12
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u8+3
▶Ubuntuimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm17+5

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
imagemagick vulnerabilities↗2026-02-03
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OSV
CVE-2025-68618: ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images↗2025-12-30
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OSV
ImageMagick's failure to limit the depth of SVG file reads caused a DoS attack↗2025-12-30
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GHSA
ImageMagick's failure to limit the depth of SVG file reads caused a DoS attack↗2025-12-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerabilities↗2026-02-03
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: ImageMagick: Denial of Service via malicious SVG file↗2025-12-30
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Debian
CVE-2025-68618: imagemagick - ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating d...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-68618 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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