CVE-2025-68618: ImageMagick's failure to limit the depth of SVG file reads caused a DoS attack

December 30, 2025

Using Magick to read a malicious SVG file resulted in a DoS attack.

References

github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6f431d445f3ddd609c004a1dde617b0a73e60beb
github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-p27m-hp98-6637
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p27m-hp98-6637
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68618

Code Behaviors & Features

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