Description
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to ImageMagick versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2, a format string bug vulnerability exists in InterpretImageFilename function where user input is directly passed to FormatLocaleString without proper sanitization. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary memory regions, enabling a wide range of attacks from heap overflow to remote code execution. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2.
Published: 2025-08-26
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4297-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5997-1 imagemagick security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-25836 ImageMagick has a Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645 ImageMagick has a Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7812-1 ImageMagick vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick
Vendors & Products Imagemagick
Imagemagick imagemagick

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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Description ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to ImageMagick versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2, a format string bug vulnerability exists in InterpretImageFilename function where user input is directly passed to FormatLocaleString without proper sanitization. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary memory regions, enabling a wide range of attacks from heap overflow to remote code execution. This issue has been patched in versions 6.9.13-28 and 7.1.2-2.
Title ImageMagick Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution
Weaknesses CWE-123
CWE-134
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Imagemagick Imagemagick
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T18:13:41.989Z

Reserved: 2025-08-12T16:15:30.238Z

Link: CVE-2025-55298

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-26T20:36:32.620Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-08-26T18:15:47.583

Modified: 2025-11-03T19:16:12.337

Link: CVE-2025-55298

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-08-26T17:20:17Z

Links: CVE-2025-55298 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-27T11:21:30Z

Weaknesses