Ubuntu: ImageMagick Critical DoS Attack Advisory USN-7876-1 CVE-2025-62171
ubuntu
November 20, 2025
ImageMagick could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: ImageMagick could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library Details: It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly handle memory when encoding BMP images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ImageMagick to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2025-57803.
Topics Covered
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS imagemagick-6.q16 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro imagemagick-6.q16hdri 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16-perl 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-6.q16-9t64 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-6.q16hdri-9t64 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-7-extra 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-7t64 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7-extra 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-7t64 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-6.q16-7t64 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-7t64 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS imagemagick-6.q16 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro imagemagick-6.q16hdri 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16-perl 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-6.q16-8 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-6 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-6.q16-6 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libimage-magick-q16-perl 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-6 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS imagemagick-6.q16 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro imagemagick-6.q16hdri 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16-perl 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-6.q16-7 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-3 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-6.q16-3 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS imagemagick-6.q16 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libimage-magick-q16-perl 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-2 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-6.q16-2 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS imagemagick 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro imagemagick-common 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++5 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore5 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore5-extra 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand5 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro perlmagick 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm16 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7876-1
CVE-2025-62171
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