ImageMagick could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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