CVE-2025-55298 (GCVE-0-2025-55298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-26 17:20 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:13
VLAI
Title
ImageMagick Format String Bug in InterpretImageFilename leads to arbitrary code execution
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-26 20:36 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-123 - Write-what-where Condition
  • CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ImageMagick ImageMagick Affected: < 7.1.2-2
Affected: < 6.9.13-28
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