CVE-2025-55298

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-123: CWE-123: Write-what-where Condition
• CWE-134: CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00012.html

References

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/security/advisories/GHSA-9ccg-6pjw-x645
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/439b362b93c074eea6c3f834d84982b43ef057d5
• https://github.com/dlemstra/Magick.NET/releases/tag/14.8.1

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