I looped over Asana-Math font, and glyph U+1d763 is the only one cause the infinite loop, maybe the font itself is buggy, but it will still be nice to avoid infinite loop in imagemagick's side. $ sha1sum Asana-Math.ttf c2214f437d07b9b078c1e0027c5d4069dcf2255a Asana-Math.ttf $ ls -l Asana-Math.ttf -rw-r----- 1 fracting fracting 499040 1月 6 13:11 Asana-Math.ttf Here are three backtraces: Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ImageMagick-6.7.7/modules-Q16/coders/label.so 0xb76e2c7c in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xb76e2c7c in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb72677a2 in do_pwrite64 (offset=1879049088, count=268435584, buf=0xa65f5008, fd=3) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c:41 #2 __libc_pwrite64 (fd=3, buf=0xa65f5008, count=268435584, offset=1879049088) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c:57 #3 0xb73f6591 in WritePixelCacheRegion (cache_info=, buffer=, length=, offset=) at magick/cache.c:697 #4 WritePixelCachePixels (exception=, nexus_info=, cache_info=) at magick/cache.c:5651 #5 SyncAuthenticPixelCacheNexus (image=0x0, nexus_info=0x8991958, exception=0x8984c80) at magick/cache.c:5275 #6 0xb73f805f in SyncCacheViewAuthenticPixels (cache_view=0x8987308, exception=0x8984c80) at magick/cache-view.c:1005 #7 0xb74dd97b in SetImageBackgroundColor (image=0x8981ab8) at magick/image.c:3003 #8 0xb76dcbd9 in ReadLABELImage (image_info=0x89786f0, exception=0x895add8) at coders/label.c:195 #9 0xb74432b1 in ReadImage (image_info=0x895f6d0, exception=0x895add8) at magick/constitute.c:590 #10 0xb744467d in ReadImages (image_info=0x895f6d0, exception=0x895add8) at magick/constitute.c:901 ---Type to continue, or q to quit--- #11 0xb72abfe5 in ConvertImageCommand (image_info=0xa, argc=11, argv=0x895a798, metadata=0x0, exception=0x895add8) at wand/convert.c:601 #12 0xb73157ec in MagickCommandGenesis (image_info=0x895b058, command=0x8048600 , argc=11, argv=0xbf88f0a4, metadata=0x0, exception=0x895add8) at wand/mogrify.c:161 #13 0x08048678 in ConvertMain (argv=0xbf88f0a4, argc=) at utilities/convert.c:81 #14 main (argc=11, argv=0xbf88f0a4) at utilities/convert.c:92 (gdb) (gdb) c Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0xb76e2c7c in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xb76e2c7c in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb72677a2 in do_pwrite64 (offset=2415920256, count=268435584, buf=0xa65f5008, fd=3) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c:41 #2 __libc_pwrite64 (fd=3, buf=0xa65f5008, count=268435584, offset=2415920256) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c:57 #3 0xb73f6591 in WritePixelCacheRegion (cache_info=, buffer=, length=, offset=) at magick/cache.c:697 #4 WritePixelCachePixels (exception=, nexus_info=, cache_info=) at magick/cache.c:5651 #5 SyncAuthenticPixelCacheNexus (image=0x0, nexus_info=0x8991958, exception=0x8984c80) at magick/cache.c:5275 #6 0xb73f805f in SyncCacheViewAuthenticPixels (cache_view=0x8987308, exception=0x8984c80) at magick/cache-view.c:1005 #7 0xb74dd97b in SetImageBackgroundColor (image=0x8981ab8) at magick/image.c:3003 #8 0xb76dcbd9 in ReadLABELImage (image_info=0x89786f0, exception=0x895add8) at coders/label.c:195 #9 0xb74432b1 in ReadImage (image_info=0x895f6d0, exception=0x895add8) at magick/constitute.c:590 #10 0xb744467d in ReadImages (image_info=0x895f6d0, exception=0x895add8) at magick/constitute.c:901 ---Type to continue, or q to quit--- #11 0xb72abfe5 in ConvertImageCommand (image_info=0xa, argc=11, argv=0x895a798, metadata=0x0, exception=0x895add8) at wand/convert.c:601 #12 0xb73157ec in MagickCommandGenesis (image_info=0x895b058, command=0x8048600 , argc=11, argv=0xbf88f0a4, metadata=0x0, exception=0x895add8) at wand/mogrify.c:161 #13 0x08048678 in ConvertMain (argv=0xbf88f0a4, argc=) at utilities/convert.c:81 #14 main (argc=11, argv=0xbf88f0a4) at utilities/convert.c:92 (gdb) c Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0xb76e2c7c in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xb76e2c7c in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb72677a2 in do_pwrite64 (offset=3221227008, count=268435584, buf=0xa65f5008, fd=3) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c:41 #2 __libc_pwrite64 (fd=3, buf=0xa65f5008, count=268435584, offset=3221227008) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pwrite64.c:57 #3 0xb73f6591 in WritePixelCacheRegion (cache_info=, buffer=, length=, offset=) at magick/cache.c:697 #4 WritePixelCachePixels (exception=, nexus_info=, cache_info=) at magick/cache.c:5651 #5 SyncAuthenticPixelCacheNexus (image=0x0, nexus_info=0x8991958, exception=0x8984c80) at magick/cache.c:5275 #6 0xb73f805f in SyncCacheViewAuthenticPixels (cache_view=0x8987308, exception=0x8984c80) at magick/cache-view.c:1005 #7 0xb74dd97b in SetImageBackgroundColor (image=0x8981ab8) at magick/image.c:3003 #8 0xb76dcbd9 in ReadLABELImage (image_info=0x89786f0, exception=0x895add8) at coders/label.c:195 #9 0xb74432b1 in ReadImage (image_info=0x895f6d0, exception=0x895add8) at magick/constitute.c:590 #10 0xb744467d in ReadImages (image_info=0x895f6d0, exception=0x895add8) at magick/constitute.c:901 ---Type to continue, or q to quit--- #11 0xb72abfe5 in ConvertImageCommand (image_info=0xa, argc=11, argv=0x895a798, metadata=0x0, exception=0x895add8) at wand/convert.c:601 #12 0xb73157ec in MagickCommandGenesis (image_info=0x895b058, command=0x8048600 , argc=11, argv=0xbf88f0a4, metadata=0x0, exception=0x895add8) at wand/mogrify.c:161 #13 0x08048678 in ConvertMain (argv=0xbf88f0a4, argc=) at utilities/convert.c:81 #14 main (argc=11, argv=0xbf88f0a4) at utilities/convert.c:92