CVE-2025-68950: Magick.NET Q16 AnyCPU ImageMagick's Failure To Limit MVG Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2025-68950 is a MODERATE (CVSS 4.0) imagemagick's failure to limit mvg vulnerability (CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion) affecting Magick.NET Q16 AnyCPU libraries in the NuGet ecosystem. The issue involves imagemagick's failure to limit mvg mutual causes stack overflow. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 14.10.1.
CVE-2025-68950 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 4.0
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
How to Fix CVE-2025-68950
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Magick.NET Q16 AnyCPU dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-arm64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q16-x86 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q8-arm64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q8-x64 to 14.10.1
Upgrade Magick.NET-Q8-x86 to 14.10.1
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2025-68950, inspect your project dependencies for Magick.NET Q16 AnyCPU:
inspect dependencies for Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Magick.NET Q16 AnyCPU in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 14.10.1), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion, where the product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. In Magick.NET Q16 AnyCPU, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2025-68950 Affected Magick.NET Q16 AnyCPU Versions
17 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-AnyCPU
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-AnyCPU
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-arm64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-OpenMP-x64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-arm64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-HDRI-x86
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-arm64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-OpenMP-x64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-arm64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q16-x86
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q8-AnyCPU
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-arm64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q8-OpenMP-x64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q8-arm64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q8-x64
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
|
Magick.NET-Q8-x86
|
NuGet |
< 14.10.1
|
14.10.1
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"summary" : "ImageMagick's failure to limit MVG mutual causes Stack Overflow",
"details" : "### Summary\nMagick fails to check for circular references between two MVGs, leading to a stack overflow.\n\n### Details\n\nAfter reading mvg1 using Magick, the following is displayed:\n```\n./magick -limit memory 2GiB -limit map 2GiB -limit disk 0 mvg:L1.mvg out.png\nAddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL\n=================================================================\n==3564123==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: UNKNOWN SIGNAL on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x5589549a4458 bp 0x7ffcc61f34a0 sp 0x7ffcc61efdd0 T0)\n #0 0x5589549a4458 in GetImagePixelCache MagickCore/cache.c:1726\n #1 0x5589549b02c1 in QueueAuthenticPixelCacheNexus MagickCore/cache.c:4261\n #2 0x5589549a2f24 in GetAuthenticPixelCacheNexus MagickCore/cache.c:1368\n #3 0x5589549bae98 in GetCacheViewAuthenticPixels MagickCore/cache-view.c:311\n #4 0x558954afb3a5 in DrawPolygonPrimitive._omp_fn.1 MagickCore/draw.c:5172\n #5 0x7f62dd89fa15 in GOMP_parallel (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgomp.so.1+0x14a15)\n #6 0x558954ae0f41 in DrawPolygonPrimitive MagickCore/draw.c:5156\n #7 0x558954ae5607 in DrawPrimitive MagickCore/draw.c:5875\n #8 0x558954adc72d in RenderMVGContent MagickCore/draw.c:4522\n #9 0x558954adcf67 in DrawImage MagickCore/draw.c:4561\n #10 0x55895496cedb in RenderFreetype MagickCore/annotate.c:2065\n #11 0x55895496702e in RenderType MagickCore/annotate.c:1112\n #12 0x558954963da7 in AnnotateImage MagickCore/annotate.c:544\n #13 0x558954ae4e0a in DrawPrimitive MagickCore/draw.c:5799\n #14 0x558954adc72d in RenderMVGContent MagickCore/draw.c:4522\n #15 0x558954adcf67 in DrawImage MagickCore/draw.c:4561\n #16 0x558954755a46 in ReadMVGImage coders/mvg.c:240\n #17 0x558954a15ecc in ReadImage MagickCore/constitute.c:743\n #18 0x558954ae3c76 in DrawPrimitive MagickCore/draw.c:5705\n #19 0x558954adc72d in RenderMVGContent MagickCore/draw.c:4522\n #20 0x558954adcf67 in DrawImage MagickCore/draw.c:4561\n #21 0x558954755a46 in ReadMVGImage coders/mvg.c:240\n ...\n```\n\n### Impact\nThis is a DoS vulnerability, and any situation that allows reading the mvg file will be affected.",
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