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.

Published 2025-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions < 7.1.2-12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-p27m-hp98-6637 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6f431d445f3ddd609c004a1dde617b0a73e60… (Patch)

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.