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title: "CVE-2025-65955\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-65955?format=md
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# CVE-2025-65955

Publication date 2 December 2025

Last updated 17 December 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**4.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-65955?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and
manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-9 and 6.9.13-34, there is a
vulnerability in ImageMagick’s Magick++ layer that manifests when
Options::fontFamily is invoked with an empty string. Clearing a font family
calls RelinquishMagickMemory on \_drawInfo->font, freeing the font string
but leaving \_drawInfo->font pointing to freed memory while
\_drawInfo->family is set to that (now-invalid) pointer. Any later cleanup
or reuse of \_drawInfo->font re-frees or dereferences dangling memory.
DestroyDrawInfo and other setters (Options::font, Image::font) assume
\_drawInfo->font remains valid, so destruction or subsequent updates trigger
crashes or heap corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-9 and
6.9.13-34.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| imagemagick | 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

4.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | Low |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 4.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-65955)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65955)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-65955)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-65955)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65955>
* <https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-q3hc-j9x5-mp9m>
* <https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6409f34d637a34a1c643632aa849371ec8b3b5a8>
* <https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6f81eb15f822ad86e8255be75efad6f9762c32f8>