CVE-2025-68950

Task crash via recursive MVG image reads

Published Dec 30, 2025 · Updated Dec 30, 2025

Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick before 7.1.2-12 allows local users to crash image-processing tasks with a crafted MVG file. DrawPrimitive in MagickCore/draw.c permits one MVG image primitive to read another MVG, allowing mutually referencing files to recurse until the process stack overflows. Any workflow that reads attacker-supplied MVG content is exposed, and successful triggering terminates the processing task without reported data disclosure or modification.

CVSS severity4.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled recursion in ImageMagick before 7.1.2-12 allows local users to crash image-processing tasks with a crafted MVG file. DrawPrimitive in MagickCore/draw.c permits one MVG image primitive to read another MVG, allowing mutually referencing files to recurse until the process stack overflows. Any workflow that reads attacker-supplied MVG content is exposed, and successful triggering terminates the processing task without reported data disclosure or modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-68950
Published
Dec 30, 2025
Updated
Dec 30, 2025
Vendor
ImageMagick Studio LLC
Product
ImageMagick
Classifications
CWE-674, T1499.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 7.1.2-12

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

ImageMagick Studio LLC · ImageMagickversion=< 7.1.2-12

Published CVSS scores

6.2NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion
T1499.004Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation

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