Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting ImageMagick/ImageMagick package, versions [,7.1.2-12)
Threat Intelligence
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- published1 Jan 2026
- disclosed30 Dec 2025
- creditylwango613
Introduced: 30 Dec 2025
CVE-2025-68618 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade ImageMagick/ImageMagick to version 7.1.2-12 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion via the SVGStartElement and ResizeQuantumMemory functions. An attacker can cause application crashes or resource exhaustion by submitting SVG files that trigger excessive memory allocation.
PoC
Generate an SVG file.
Read this file using ImageMagick:
./magick /data/ylwang/Tools/LargeScan/targets/ImageMagick/test++/1.svg null
- This causes a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.