What is CVE-2025-68618?

CVE-2025-68618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2025-68618?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2025-68618

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (42.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions < 7.1.2-12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68618?: CVE-2025-68618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-68618?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.