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SUSE: ImageMagick Moderate DoS Stack Overflow Flaws 2026:0072-1

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Calendar Grey January 8, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for ImageMagick corrects moderate vulnerabilities affecting SUSE systems—critical for stability and security.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-68618: read a malicious SVG file may result in a DoS attack (bsc#1255821). * CVE-2025-68950: check for circular references in mvg files may lead to stack overflow (bsc#1255822). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-72=1 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-72=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * libMagickCore-7_Q16HDRI10-7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1 * ImageMagick-extra-debuginfo-7.1.0.9-150400.6.61.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SuSE important stack overflow imagemagick

References

* bsc#1255821

* bsc#1255822

Cross-

* CVE-2025-68618

* CVE-2025-68950

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-68618 ( SUSE ): 5.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-68618 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-68618 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-68618 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-68950 ( SUSE ): 5.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-68950 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-68950 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-68950 ( NVD ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0072-1
Release Date: 2026-01-08T13:22:28Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SuSE important stack overflow imagemagick

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